Þul Sea-kings 1III/5 — Róði ‘Róði’
Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill,
Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir,
Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti,
Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi,
Randvér, Róði, Mundill,
Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi,
Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi,
Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.
Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill, Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir, Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti, Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi, Randvér, Róði, Mundill, Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi, Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi, Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.
Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill, Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir, Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti, Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi, Randvér, Róði, Mundill, Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi, Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi, Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.
notes
[5] Róði: The name is attested in many kennings and is also included in Þul Sækonunga 3/7. Perhaps a nickname, either related to the weak verb rœða ‘speak’ (so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 295) or derived from róða f. ‘rood, crucifix’ (< OE rōð), hence ‘one with a rood’. Björn Sigfússon (1934, 136-7) explains the name as follows: ‘We can fancy that some pagan Viking adopted the Christian symbol, the powerful crucifix, as a war-token on his raids, which would very likely give him the surname Róði’. For other possible interpretations, see ÍO: róði.