Eil Þdr 10III/7 — stop ‘of the cliff’
unz með ýta sinni
— aflraun vas þat — skaunar
á seilhimin sjóla
sjalflopta kom Þjalfi.
Œddu stáli stríðan
straum Hrekkmímis ekkjur;
stophnísu fór steypir
stríðlundr með vǫl Gríðar.
unz Þjalfi kom sjalflopta á seilhimin sjóla með sinni ýta skaunar; þat vas aflraun. Ekkjur Hrekkmímis œddu straum stríðan stáli; steypir stophnísu fór stríðlundr með vǫl Gríðar.
until Þjálfi came hovering through the air on the strap-sky [SHIELD] of the ruler with the helper of the launchers of the shield [WARRIORS > LEADER = Þórr]; it was a test of strength. The widows of Hrekkmímir <giant> [GIANTESSES] infuriated the stream, harsh against the weapon; the overcomer of the cliff-porpoise [GIANTESS > = Þórr] went stubbornly with the staff of Gríðr <troll-woman>.
readings
[7] stophnísu fór steypir: ‘[…]for stey[…]’ R
notes
[7] stophnísu ‘of the cliff-porpoise [GIANTESS]’: Hnísa f. is a porpoise (Delphinus phocoena). Animals of various species, such as wolf, whale, snake, reindeer, calf etc. can be used as base-words in giant-kennings (Meissner 258-9). Hnísa may have been chosen as the base-word in this giantess-kenning because of the f. gender of the noun. The first element, stop-, is not attested as a simplex, but the meaning ‘cliff, rise, hill’ can be inferred from the related adj. stopall ‘uneven’.
kennings
- stophnísu — of the cliff-porpoise [GIANTESS]
- steypir stophnísu — the overcomer of the cliff-porpoise [= Þórr]