Mímungr ok fellir ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr, trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvernbiti, ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfrir, veggjalestir.
Mímungr ok fellir ok málvitnir, taurarr, hrævarðr, trani, vindþvari, liðnir, Kvernbiti, ljómi, herðir, vitnir, yfrir, veggjalestir.
Mímungr and feller and ornamented wolf, taurar, corpse-wrapped one, crane, wind-borer, one belonging to an army, Kvernbiti, brightness, hardened one, wolf, overcomer, damager of walls.
[6] herðir (m.) ‘hardened one’: From herðr ‘hardened’ (p. p. of the weak verb herða ‘temper (iron)’; see Heggstad et al. 2008: 1. herða and SnE 1998, II, 307). The agent noun herðir ‘hardener, strengthener’ is used as a base-word in man-kennings.