Snót, brúðr, svanni, svarri, sprakki,
fljóð, sprund, kona, feima, ekkja,
rýgr, víf ok drós, ristill, sæta,
man, svarkr ok hæll, mær ok kerling.
Snót, brúðr, svanni, svarri, sprakki, fljóð, sprund, kona, feima, ekkja, rýgr, víf ok drós, ristill, sæta, man, svarkr ok hæll, mær ok kerling.
Snót, bride, lady, haughty woman, lively one, matron, dame, woman, lass, widow, mighty woman, wife and girl, gentlewoman, grass-widow, maid, proud woman and widow, maiden and old woman.
[3] fljóð (f.) ‘matron’: Perhaps lit. ‘quick one’ (see AEW: fljóð). In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 107), this word is explained as follows: Víf ok brúðr ok fljóð heita þær konur er manni eru gefnar ‘Those women who are given to a husband are called víf and brúðr and fljóð’. The word is used only in poetry.