Sund, ǫgr, velfœrr, sími ok víðir,
hríð, ver, breki, húm, flóð ok brim,
grœðir, glýjuðr, gymir ok vægir,
gniðr ok órór, gjalfr, fen, snapi.
Sund, ǫgr, velfœrr, sími ok víðir, hríð, ver, breki, húm, flóð ok brim, grœðir, glýjuðr, gymir ok vægir, gniðr ok órór, gjalfr, fen, snapi.
Sound, inlet, easily crossable one, rope and wide one, tempest, fishing-place, breaker, dark one, flood and surf, swelling one, bright one, engulfer and wavy one, murmur and unquiet one, surge, fen, snuffling one.
[6] vægir: so C, A, ‘veg[…]’ R, vegir Tˣ, B
[6] vægir (m.) ‘wavy one’: The word does not otherwise occur as a sea-heiti. According to AEW: vægir 1, it is derived from the weak verb vægja ‘flow, suppurate’, or possibly from vágr m. ‘sea’ (so ÍO: vægir). Vægir ‘wavy one’ is also listed among the sword-heiti (see Note to Þul Sverða 4/1), but it is not clear whether this is a different word.