Unz mik Hildir hafði á burtu,
rísi ramligr á róðraskútu.
Lét mik veitir Vimrar elda
tólf mánaði hjá sér hvílaz.
Unz Hildir hafði mik á burtu, ramligr rísi á róðraskútu. Veitir elda Vimrar lét mik hvílaz hjá sér tólf mánaði.
Until Hildir took me away, the strong giant in his rowing boat. The granter of the fires of Vimur <mythical river> [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] allowed me to stay with him for twelve months.
[6] Vimrar: ‘vimra’ 343a, 173ˣ, Rínar 471
[6] Vimrar ‘of Vimur <mythical river>’: Vimur is the name of a mythical river, which the god Þórr had to cross on his way to the abode of the giant Geirrøðr (cf. SnE 1998, I, 17, 24-5). The text must be emended here to give a gen. sg. of this f. noun; 471’s Rínar ‘of the Rhine’ does not alliterate and is a lectio facilior. The river-name forms the determinant of a regular gold-kenning.