Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr and Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. I see no more sea-kings.
[3] Gautrekr: so C, gaurekr R, Tˣ, ‘gavǽr’ A, ‘gauir’ B
[3] Gautrekr: The name of the legendary king of the Gautar (see RvHbreiðm Hl 55-6 and Note to st. 55 [All]). See also Gauti (st. 1/7). Gautrekr is found only in C, but this is the form of the name that is found in skaldic kennings (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 129; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 296). The A, B variants, ‘gavǽr’ (A) and ‘gauir’ (B) have their parallels in Gavir/Gavér (= OE Gewis) in the Prologue to SnE (2005, 5), however, where it is the name of a descendant of Óðinn. Cf. also Geuarus (Saxo 2005, I, 2, 5, 5, pp. 160-1, I, 3, 1, 1-3, 3, 7, pp. 190-203, I, 3, 4, 14, pp. 210-11).