Liðr, japr, bráinn, linni, stefningr,
snillingr, viðnir, serfr ok vinduðr,
ráðr, rábia, reimir, seimir,
Móinn, dalginna ok Miðgarðsormr.
Liðr, japr, bráinn, linni, stefningr, snillingr, viðnir, serfr ok vinduðr, ráðr, rábia, reimir, seimir, Móinn, dalginna ok Miðgarðsormr.
Serpent, japr, flickering one, reptile, stefningr, swift one, forest-dweller, serfr and coiling one, ráðr, rábia, stringing one, glittering one, Móinn, dale-poisoner and Miðgarðsormr.
[4] serfr: ‘‑ske[…]fr’ B, ‘‑skefr’ 744ˣ
[4] serfr: A hap. leg., whose origin is obscure. It is unlikely that ON serfr is related to Lat. serpēns ‘serpent’. The word could be corrupt in A (so AEW: serfr; for other suggested explanations, see ÍO: serfr). In B, the sequence viðnir serfr has been replaced by the cpd viðskerfr, which is also a hap. leg. (cf. skerfr m. ‘share, portion’), but the meaning of that word is obscure as well. Neither variant is given in the corresponding list in LaufE.