Logi ok mundgjallr, langhvass ok eldr,
ǫrn ok œgir ok naglfari,
brigðir, mǫrnir, blær ok skerðir,
hyrr ok helsingr, hríðir, atti.
Logi ok mundgjallr, langhvass ok eldr, ǫrn ok œgir ok naglfari, brigðir, mǫrnir, blær ok skerðir, hyrr ok helsingr, hríðir, atti.
Flame and hand-ringing one, long-sharp one and fire, eagle and frightener and nail-studded one, fickle one, crusher, blær and diminisher, blaze and long-neck, stormer, inciter.
[1] logi (m.) ‘flame’: This and the other terms for ‘fire’ listed in this stanza (cf. eldr ‘fire’ and hyrr ‘blaze’ in ll. 2, 7) are regularly used as base-words in sword-kennings (e.g. benlogi ‘wound-flame [SWORD]’, LP: benlogi), but only eldr occurs several times as a heiti for ‘sword’. It is doubtful whether such metaphorical names ought to be considered half-kennings (see Falk 1914b, 49).