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.
[8] skírr (m.) ‘clear one’: A substantivised adj. (skírr ‘clear, bright, pure’; cf. bǫðljós ‘war-light’, l. 3 above). Other than in the present þula, the heiti occurs in a kenning for ‘man’ skírviðr ‘shield-tree’ (spelled skýr-; see HólmgB Lv 14/5V (Korm 50)).