Gjallr, dǫggskafi ok gimskýlir,
bǫðljós, grýta ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi, saurnir, borði,
skuttingr, barði, skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi ok gimskýlir, bǫðljós, grýta ok bǫðskýlir, Svalinn ok randi, saurnir, borði, skuttingr, barði, skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Clamouring one, dew-scraper and jewel-shelterer, war-light, pot and war-shelterer, Svalinn and edged one, soiled one, boarded one, protector, bordered one, clear one, double-boarded one.
[1] dǫggskafi (m.) ‘dew-scraper’: An otherwise unattested cpd formed from dǫgg f. ‘dew’ and the agent noun skafi ‘scraper’ derived from the strong verb skafa ‘scrape’. According to Falk (1914b, 136 n. 2; so also SnE 1998, II, 262), the heiti may denote a long triangular shield whose lower point was scraping the dew.