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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 9III/3 — eimnir ‘flamer’

Fellir, fǫlvir,         Fáfnir, raufnir,
ímnir, eimnir,         afspringr, þinurr,
sigðir, snyrtir,         svelgr, skarr ok nár,
Góinn, gest-Móinn         ok gárr, þrimarr, Níðhǫggr.

Fellir, fǫlvir, Fáfnir, raufnir, ímnir, eimnir, afspringr, þinurr, sigðir, snyrtir, svelgr, skarr ok nár, Góinn, gest-Móinn ok gárr, þrimarr, Níðhǫggr.

Feller, pale one, Fáfnir, piercer, battler, flamer, afspringr, fir, scythe, polisher, swallower, cutter and corpse, Góinn, guest-Móinn and rippled one, thunderer, Níðhǫggr.

readings

[3] eimnir: eimir C

notes

[3] eimnir (m.) ‘flamer’: A hap. leg. According to AEW: eimnir, this heiti is derived from eimi/eimr m. ‘smoke, vapour, fire’. For the metaphoric use of ‘fire’ for ‘sword’, see such similar sword-heiti as logi ‘flame’, eldr ‘fire’, hyrr ‘blaze’ (st. 8/1, 2, 7).  — [3] ímnir (m.) ‘battler’: A hap. leg. According to de Vries (AEW: ímnir), ímnir is derived from íma f. ‘battle’ and possibly also from ímun f. ‘battle’. Falk (1914b, 53) suggests a connection with ímun f. ‘battle’. Less plausible is the explanation in LP: ímnir where this word is connected with the adj. ímleitr ‘dusky, grey-coloured’ (of a wolf).

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