Ötul eru augu Hams ok Hrana;
eru öðlingar undra djarfir.
Augu Hams ok Hrana eru ötul; öðlingar eru undra djarfir.
The eyes of Hamr and Hrani are fierce; the princes are wondrously bold.
[2] Hams ok Hrana ‘of Hamr and Hrani’: These names are appropriate for men in disguise. As a common noun hamr means ‘shape’ in a context that often suggests shape-changing (cf. LP: hamr), while Hrani, possibly meaning ‘rough fellow’ (AEW: Hrani), also occurs as the name of one of the sons of Arngrímr in Heiðr 26/2. Possessing fierce eyes is frequently a sign in Old Norse mythological and heroic poetry of divine or heroic power of a kind that cannot be concealed; cf. the collocation ǫtul augu ‘fierce eyes’ in Rþ 34/7 and HHund II 4/13.