Þjóð Haustl 6III/4 — faðir ‘father’
Ok slíðrliga síðan
svangr — vas þat fyr lǫngu —
át af eikirótum
okbjǫrn faðir Mǫrnar,
áðr djúphugaðr dræpi
dolg ballastan vallar
hirðitýr meðal herða
herfangs ofan stǫngu.
Ok svangr faðir Mǫrnar át síðan slíðrliga okbjǫrn af eikirótum – þat vas fyr lǫngu –, áðr djúphugaðr hirðitýr herfangs dræpi ballastan dolg vallar stǫngu ofan meðal herða.
And the hungry father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi] then ate horribly the yoke-bear [OX] from the oak-roots – that was long ago –, before the deep-minded retaining god of plunder [= Loki] could strike the very bold enemy of the earth [GIANT = Þjazi] with a pole from above between the shoulders.
notes
[4] faðir Mǫrnar ‘father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi]’: The same kenning for Þjazi occurs in st. 12/8. Þjazi’s only known daughter was Skaði, so it is possible that Mǫrn is another name for her. Alternatively, and more probably, it may be a general name for a giantess (see Þul Trollkvenna 3/5), and the form ‘morna’ found in both R and W at this point may possibly be gen. pl. ‘of giantesses’ (cf. Meissner 255). The stem vowel in the gen. sg. Mǫrnar must be an extension of the nom. Mǫrn, in which the ǫ resulted from u-umlaut of a. See also Note to Hfr Lv 3/3V (Hallfr 4). Skj B emends to Marnar.
kennings
- svangr faðir Mǫrnar — the hungry father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi]
grammar
case: nom.