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Hjálm Lv 1VIII (Ǫrv 5)/5 — Tyrfingr ‘Tyrfingr’

Hervarðr, Hjörvarðr,         Hrani, Angantýr,
Bildr ok Bófi,         Barri ok Tóki,
Tindr ok Tyrfingr,         tveir Haddingjar:
þeir í Bólm austr         bornir váru,
Arngríms synir         ok Eyfuru.

Hervarðr, Hjörvarðr, Hrani, Angantýr, Bildr ok Bófi, Barri ok Tóki, Tindr ok Tyrfingr, tveir Haddingjar: þeir váru bornir austr í Bólm, synir Arngríms ok Eyfuru.

Hervarðr, Hjǫrvarðr, Hrani, Angantýr, Bildr and Bófi, Barri and Tóki, Tindr and Tyrfingr, the two Haddingjar: they were born in the east in Bólm, sons of Arngrímr and Eyfura.

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[5] Tyrfingr: Here, in Hyndl 23/5 and in Fornk (ÍF 35, 61), in connection with the battle of Brávellir, Tyrfingr is a man’s name, but in Heiðr the name of the cursed sword, forged for King Svafrlami by two dwarfs, and destined to kill a man each time it was drawn. Arn Hardr 2/3-4II tvær eggjar tyrfings ‘the two edges of the sword’ uses tyrfingr as a heiti for ‘sword’; see further Note to Þul Sverða 7/6III.

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