Þjóð Haustl 9III/6 — dísi ‘the lady’
Sér bað sagna hrœri
sorgœran mey fœra,
þás ellilyf ása,
áttrunnr Hymis, kunni.
Brunnakrs of kom bekkjar
Brísings goða dísi
girðiþjófr í garða
grjót-Níðaðar síðan.
Áttrunnr Hymis bað hrœri sagna, sorgœran, fœra sér mey, þás kunni ellilyf ása. Girðiþjófr Brísings of kom síðan dísi goða í garða grjót-Níðaðar bekkjar Brunnakrs.
The kinsman of Hymir <giant> [GIANT = Þjazi] ordered the leader of the troops [= Loki], pain-crazed, to bring him the girl who knew the old-age medicine of the gods. The girdle-thief of Brísingr [= Loki] afterwards caused the lady of the gods [= Iðunn] to go into the courts of the rock-Níðuðr <legendary tyrant> [GIANT = Þjazi] to the bench of Brunnakr (‘Spring-field’).
notes
[6] dísi goða ‘the lady of the gods [= Iðunn]’: The noun dís is understood here to mean ‘lady’ rather than ‘minor female deity’ on the grounds that, as the base-word in a kenning for a goddess, it cannot in itself refer to a supernatural female (in LP: dís and Skj B, however, the word is understood in the latter sense).
kennings
- dísi goða — the lady of the gods [= Iðunn]
grammar
case: dat.