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.
[7] kníar: ‘[…]ar’ B, ‘kniar’ 744ˣ
[7] kníar: The term occurs only in the pl. form. Other than in the þulur, the word is found in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 106), where kníar are mentioned among fylgðarmenn ‘members of a retinue’, and in Egill Arkv 11/3V (Eg 107). This heiti is possibly related to kind f. ‘offspring’ and kyn n. ‘kin’ (AEW: kníar).