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.
[7] Bívurr: Or Bifurr. The name is also known from Vsp 11/5 and it is attested in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Bífur). The meaning is not clear – probably ‘trembler, shaker’ from the verb bifast ‘tremble’ (Motz 1973, 113). Gould (1929, 942) connects the name with bifurr m. ‘beaver’, i.e. ‘one who does things with zeal’, whereas according to Gutenbrunner (1955, 63, 68), it may be connected with bif n. ‘ornament on a shield’ (cf. Þjóð Haustl 13/7, 20/7).