Þul Sverða 7III/1 — fylvingr ‘fylvingr’
Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.
Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr, skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr, brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.
Terrifier, fylvingr, chaser, notcher, shooter, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, tearer, broken one, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hooked one and ring; one will come across night-bringer.
readings
[1] fylvingr: ‘filbuíngr’ C, ‘fillingr’ A, ‘fillinngr’ B
notes
[1] fylvingr (m.): According to Kock (NN §348A), this heiti is derived from the adj. fǫlr ‘pale’ and it has the metaphoric meaning ‘killer’; cf. fǫlr sem nár ‘pale as a corpse’ (see also fǫlvir ‘pale one’, st. 9/1), but that derivation is problematic (see Note to Eil Þdr 15/2). Falk (1914b, 50) suggests that the word is taken from Þdr 15/2, but the sense ‘sword’ in that stanza is highly doubtful (fylvingar normally means ‘nuts’; see also Note to Þskakk Erldr 1/7II). Mss A and B have ‘fillin(n)gr’ (fillingr m. ‘woolly sheep-skin’) which makes no sense in this context. The LaufE mss have (normalised) fylvingr and follow the R, Tˣ, C redaction here.