Grímr, Gapþrosnir, Gangráðr, Svipall,
Glapsviðr, Gǫndlir ok Gangleri,
Herteitr, Hárbarðr ok Hroptatýr,
Geiguðr, Gǫllnir ok Geirlǫðnir.
Grímr, Gapþrosnir, Gangráðr, Svipall, Glapsviðr, Gǫndlir ok Gangleri, Herteitr, Hárbarðr ok Hroptatýr, Geiguðr, Gǫllnir ok Geirlǫðnir.
Grímr, Gapþrosnir, Gangráðr, Svipall, Glapsviðr, Gǫndlir and Gangleri, Herteitr, Hárbarðr and Hroptatýr, Geiguðr, Gǫllnir and Geirlǫðnir.
[8] Geirlǫðnir: The name can be translated as ‘spear-inviting one’, from *geirlǫð f. ‘spear-invitation’ (ÍO: geir-). See Vsp 24/1-4 (NK 6): Fleygði Óðinn | oc í fólc um scaut, | þat var enn fólcvíg | fyrst í heimi ‘Óðinn flung and shot into the troops, that was still the first war in the world’. It is possible, however, that this Óðinn-heiti was derived from the no longer extant name of a valkyrie called Geirlǫð (Falk 1924, 12-13; cf. the f. pers. n. Gunnlǫð). As is the case with certain other Óðinn-names, Geirlǫðnir is also a heiti for ‘hawk’ (Þul Hauks 1/6), which is attested only in the þulur.