Brynja, kund, hjalmgǫll, hrauð ok náin,
kǫld, Finnsleif, …
bǫðfara, þýðsýn ok blóðleika.
Brynja, kund, hjalmgǫll, hrauð ok náin, kǫld, Finnsleif … bǫðfara, þýðsýn ok blóðleika.
Mail-shirt, intimate friend, helmet-clang, covering one and near one, cold one, Finnsleif (‘Finnr’s legacy’) … battle-goer, pleasant-sight and blood-playmate.
[3, 4] Finnsleif …: ‘finn leif’ B
[3] Finnsleif (f.) ‘(“Finnr’s legacy”)’: This is the name of a legendary treasure, the mail-shirt of King Aðils which could not be penetrated by weapons, mentioned in the story of Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’ in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 59). Finnsleif is derived either from the name of a dwarf-craftsman Finnr (cf. Vsp 16/4 and Þul Dverga 5/3) or from the ethnic term finnr m. ‘Saami’. In the latter case, the heiti would refer to a Saami magic coat of mail. The heiti Finnsleif is also found in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: finnsleif).