Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð,
Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir,
Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi,
Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.
Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð, Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.
I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn and Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn and Norðri.
[5] Burinn: búinn B
[5] Burinn: A hap. leg. Cf. burr m. ‘son’ and Buri or Búri in Vsp 13 (NK 3 nn.), one of the names added in Hb (Hb 1892-6, 189), perhaps lit. ‘son-like one’. Ms. B has Búinn (adopted in Skj B and Skald), which could be translated as ‘one prepared (for burial)’ (cf. at búa um lík ‘to prepare a corpse for burial’; Gould 1929, 943). See also other names that describe dwarfs as the living dead: Nár ‘corpse’ (st. 2/1), Náinn ‘corpse-like one’ (st. 2/3) and Dáinn ‘dead one’ in Vsp 13 (Hb 1892-6, 188-9; see Gould 1929, 959). The LaufE mss offer Býrnir (papp10ˣ(39v)), Birner (2368ˣ(87)) and Byrner (743ˣ(68v)), none of which is attested elsewhere.