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.
[5] sigðir (m.) ‘scythe’: From sigðr m. ‘scythe’. According to Falk (1914b, 58), the heiti either refers to old swords with curved blades or likens a sword to a sharp sickle (cf. sniðill m. ‘pruning-knife’). The A, B variant siglir (lit. ‘decorated’; cf. sigli n. ‘adornment’) could have been caused by snyrtir ‘polisher’ in the next line.