Þul Øxar 1III/8 — víg ‘battle’
Øx, járnsparða ok jarðhyrna,
skjáfa ok skeggja, skráma ok genja,
reginspǫnn, Gnepja, gýgr ok fála,
snaga ok búlda, barða ok vígglǫð,
þveita ok þenja; þá es arghyrna;
hon es øfst talið øxar heita.
Øx, járnsparða ok jarðhyrna, skjáfa ok skeggja, skráma ok genja, reginspǫnn, Gnepja, gýgr ok fála, snaga ok búlda, barða ok vígglǫð, þveita ok þenja; þá es arghyrna; hon es talið øfst heita øxar.
Axe, iron-axe and earth-horn, scraper and bearded one, skráma and gaper, mighty-span, Gnepja, ogress and troll-woman, spiked one and bulging one, whiskered one and battle-bright one, hewer and stretching one; then there is weak-horn; this is listed as the last of the names for axe.
readings
[8] víg‑: vigg‑ A
notes
[8] vígglǫð (f.) ‘battle-bright one’: Or ‘battle-glad one’, from víg n. and the adj. glaðr ‘glad, bright’. This heiti is not found in poetry, but cf. the shield-heiti vígglaðr m. ‘battle-bright one’ (Þul Skjaldar 1/8). Vígglǫð is also the name of a troll-woman (Þul Trollkvenna 5/5). Alternatively, the word may be a characterising heiti invented for the þulur and applied to several referents (on this type of heiti, see Gurevich 1992c).