Gœir, Eynæfir, Gaupi ok Endill,
Skekkill, Ekkill, Skefill ok Sǫlvi,
Hálfr ok Hemlir, Hárekr ok Górr,
Hagbarðr, Haki, Hrauðnir, Meiti.
Gœir, Eynæfir, Gaupi ok Endill, Skekkill, Ekkill, Skefill ok Sǫlvi, Hálfr ok Hemlir, Hárekr ok Górr, Hagbarðr, Haki, Hrauðnir, Meiti.
Gœir, Eynæfir, Gaupi and Endill, Skekkill, Ekkill, Skefill and Sǫlvi, Hálfr and Hemlir, Hárekr and Górr, Hagbarðr, Haki, Hrauðnir, Meiti.
[8] Hrauðnir Meiti: so all others, ‘hravdn[…]’ R
[8] Hrauðnir: Perhaps lit. ‘destroyer’ (cf. hrauð 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of the strong verb hrjóða ‘disable, clear’ – especially of a ship in a naval battle; Björn Sigfússon 1934, 132) or ‘plunderer’ (Motz 1984, 185). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 292) interprets the name as a derivative of hrauð f. ‘armour’ or ‘ship’ (cf. Þul Brynju l. 2 and Þul Skipa 3/2). Hrauðnir is also a giant-name (Þul Jǫtna I 1/6), but it never occurs in kennings as the name of a sea-king.