Þul Hjálms 1III/4 — valhrímnir ‘slaughter-boar’
Hropts hattar skalk heiti segja:
hjalmr, gullfáinn, hraunn, valhrímnir,
hallhrímnir, skolkr ok hlífandi,
fjǫrnir, þokki ok fík-Móinn.
Skalk segja heiti hattar Hropts: hjalmr, gullfáinn, hraunn, valhrímnir, hallhrímnir, skolkr ok hlífandi, fjǫrnir, þokki ok fík-Móinn.
I shall say the names of Hroptr’s <= Óðinn’s> hood [HELMET]: helmet, gold-coloured one, hraunn, slaughter-boar, stone-boar, frightener and protecting one, life-protector, favour and greedy-Móinn.
readings
[4] valhrímnir: om. B
notes
[4] valhrímnir (m.) ‘slaughter-boar’: This cpd, which is not attested elswehere, is formed from valr m. ‘slain’ and hrímnir m. ‘boar’ (see Þul Galtar l. 2). Cf. the similar terms for ‘helmet’, valgǫltr m. ‘slaughter-boar’, hildigǫltr m. ‘battle-boar’ (st. 2/1) and hildisvín n. ‘battle-swine’ (see Falk 1914b, 160). See also the next heiti. As a simplex and as the second element in compounds, Hrímnir is quite common in mythical names (see LP: Hrímnir). According to de Vries (AEW: Hrímnir 1-2), the word is derived from hrím ‘frost, rime’ (AEW: Hrímnir 1) or from the Germanic root *(s)krī- ‘scream’ (AEW: Hrímnir 2 and hreimr 1). De Vries places the boar-heiti in the second category.