Hvati, hǫfuðhvessingr, hausamølvir,
hræva-Gautr, herbrái ok hold-Mímir,
bensœgr, brigðir, Brimir, huglognir,
skyggðir, skreyfir, skarðr, grindlogi.
Hvati, hǫfuðhvessingr, hausamølvir, hræva-Gautr, herbrái ok hold-Mímir, bensœgr, brigðir, Brimir, huglognir, skyggðir, skreyfir, skarðr, grindlogi.
Quick one, head-sharpener, crusher of skulls, Gautr of corpses, war-shining one and flesh-Mímir, wound-strip, fickle one, Brimir, clinch-failer, polished one, heaper, notched one, gate-flame.
[6] Brimir: so Tˣ, ‘b[…]’ R, brimarr A, B
[6] Brimir: Lit. ‘flickerer’. A poetic term for ‘sword’, originally a proper name. In Sigrdr 14/2, Brimir is the name of Óðinn’s sword, and in Grí 44 (ms. A; NK 66) it is praised as the best of swords. The heiti is probably related to brimi m. ‘fire’; alternatively, it could be identical with a giant’s name (see LP: 2. Brimir; Falk 1914b, 48; SnE 1998, II, 450).