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.
[2] beimar ‘warriors’: This poetic term is used only in the pl. form and translates as ‘warriors, men, heroes’. According to Skm (SnE 1998, I, 105), beimar were the followers of King Beimuni (see Notes to Þul Sea-kings ll. 4, 8). The etymology of this word is uncertain, but it may be cognate with the name of a Germanic tribe mentioned by Ptolemy as Βαῖμοι (AEW: beimar).