Feima ek heiti; fædd var ek norðarla,
Hrímnis dóttir ór háfjalli.
Hér er systir mín hálfu fremri
Kleima at nafni komin til sjóvar.
Ek heiti Feima; ek var fædd norðarla, dóttir Hrímnis, ór háfjalli. Hér er systir mín, hálfu fremri, Kleima at nafni, komin til sjóvar.
I am called Feima; I was born in northern parts, daughter of Hrímnir <giant>, from the high mountain. Here my sister, twice as courageous, Kleima by name, has come to the sea-shore.
[2, 4] ek var fædd norðarla; ór háfjalli ‘I was born in northern parts; from the high mountain’: An origin in the north and in the mountains is typical of giants, cf. such kennings for ‘giant’ as bergbúi ‘mountain dweller’ Hym 2/1 or fjallbúi (same meaning) in Ǫrv 89/1.