Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr, verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl, askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi, svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
Wavy one, threaded one, corpse-long one and blade, man-wolf, chosen one, wind-bright one and torment, ash, Angrvaðill, edge-sharp one, swooper and ugly-swooping one, hall-fence, fist.
[3] valnir (m.) ‘chosen one’: The word is most likely related to val n. ‘choice’ and the weak verb velja ‘choose’, and may be derived from valinn (p. p. of velja; so Falk 1914b, 62; cf. also ‘chooser’, ‘choice’, SnE 1998, II, 420).