Ráðgnið, Gǫndul, Svipul, Geirskǫgul,
Hildr ok Skeggǫld, Hrund, Geirdriful,
Randgríðr ok Þrúðr, Reginleif ok Sveið,
Þǫgn, Hjalmþrimul, Þrima ok Skalmǫld.
Ráðgnið, Gǫndul, Svipul, Geirskǫgul, Hildr ok Skeggǫld, Hrund, Geirdriful, Randgríðr ok Þrúðr, Reginleif ok Sveið, Þǫgn, Hjalmþrimul, Þrima ok Skalmǫld.
Ráðgnið, Gǫndul, Svipul, Geirskǫgul, Hildr and Skeggǫld, Hrund, Geirdriful, Randgríðr and Þrúðr, Reginleif and Sveið, Þǫgn, Hjálmþrimul, Þrima and Skálmǫld.
[1] Gǫndul: For a possible interpretation of this name, see Note to Gǫndlir, Þul Óðins 3/3. It is also listed in Þul Ásynja 4/3 and used in poetry both as a valkyrie-name and as a term for ‘battle’. The valkyrie Gǫndul appears in Eyv HákI (see Notes to st. 1/8 above and l. 2 below). Gǫndul also appears in Sǫrla þáttr (Flat 1860-8, I, 275-83), either as the goddess Freyja in disguise or as Freyja’s messenger. Her sorcery provokes the eternal Hjaðningavíg (the battle of Heðinn and his men).