Bragnar, þegnar, beimar, hǫlðar,
firar ok flotnar, fyrðar, hǫlðar,
fǫruneyti, drótt, flokkr, harðmenni,
kníar ok kappar, kenpur, nautar.
Bragnar, þegnar, beimar, hǫlðar, firar ok flotnar, fyrðar, hǫlðar, fǫruneyti, drótt, flokkr, harðmenni, kníar ok kappar, kenpur, nautar.
Noble ones, freemen, warriors, freeholders, vital ones and seamen, vital ones, freeholders, company, retinue, flock, tough ones, kníar and champions, fighters, mates.
[1] bragnar ‘noble ones’: A poetic term for ‘men’ used only in the pl. form. In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 105), bragnar were the warriors of King Bragi inn gamli ‘the Old’, but the term is derived from bragr m. ‘the best, foremost’ (AEW: bragningr: bragr 1). See also bragningr as a heiti for ‘king’ (Þul Konunga 1/5).