Hroptr, Herblindi ok Herjafǫðr,
Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði,
Gǫllungr, Bileygr ok Geirǫlnir,
Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.
Hroptr, Herblindi ok Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr ok Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.
Hroptr, Herblindi and Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr and Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.
[6] Geirǫlnir: Perhaps ‘spear-feeder’, from geirr m. ‘spear’ and the strong verb ala ‘nourish, feed’. Falk (1924, 13), however, suggests that the name could have developed from *Geirǫnlir (with metathesis), which in turn may have been derived from the name of a valkyrie, Geirǫnul, where ‑ǫnul is a nominal derivation from the verb *ana (cf. ModIcel. ana ‘rush on’), hence lit. ‘one rushing on with a spear’. This is also a heiti for ‘goat’ (see Note to Þul Hafrs 1/2), but it is not otherwise used in poetry.