EVald Þórr 1III/3 — getum ‘we [I]’
Sín bjó Sifjar rúni
snarla framm með karli
— hornstraum getum Hrímnis
hrœra — veiðarfœri.
Rúni Sifjar bjó snarla framm veiðarfœri sín með karli; getum hrœra hornstraum Hrímnis.
The confidant of Sif <goddess> [= Þórr] quickly brought out his fishing gear with the old fellow; we [I] can stir the horn-stream of Hrímnir <giant> [POETRY].
readings
[3] getum: getinn W
notes
[3-4] getum hrœra hornstraum Hrímnis ‘we [I] can stir the horn-stream of Hrímnir <giant> [POETRY]’: In other words, ‘I am able to compose poetry’. The kenning, like most poetry-kennings, refers to the myth of the origin of the mead of poetry (see SnE 1998, I, 3-5).