Mál es at segja manna heiti:
greppar ok gumnar, gumar ok drengir,
gotnar, rekkar, garpar, seggir,
sveit, snillingar ok sælkerar.
Mál es at segja heiti manna: greppar ok gumnar, gumar ok drengir, gotnar, rekkar, garpar, seggir, sveit, snillingar ok sælkerar.
It is time to say the names for men: poets and gumnar, gumar and bold men, gotnar, upright men, champions, men, troop, valiant ones and affluent ones.
[7] snillingar: ‘snilli[…]’ B, snillingar 744ˣ
[7] snillingar ‘valiant ones’: The word is derived from the adj. snjallr ‘eloquent, good, valiant’. In Þul Orma 4/3, snillingr is a heiti for ‘serpent’.