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.
[6] Bæsingr: bæsingr hvítingr C, ‘[…]rfinngr’ B, ‘týrfinngr’ 744ˣ
[6] Bæsingr: The sword stolen from the burial mound of Óláfr Geirstaðaálfr ‘Elf from Geirstaðir’ and given to S. Óláfr (ÓH 1941, II, 754-5; Flat 1860-8, II, 9, 12-13). According to ÓH (loc. cit.), this sword later got the name Hneitir (see the latter in st. 2/7 above). Bæsingr is probably derived from a nickname (cf. bæsingr m. ‘child of an outlawed mother’ from báss m. ‘a cow’s stall’; see Falk 1914b, 48-9). The heiti is not otherwise attested in Old Norse poetry, but it appears in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: bæsingr). Bæsingr is also recorded in LaufE.