Yrlygr ok svarmr, eihlífnir, heiðr,
baugr, fagrbláinn, bera, miðfjǫrnir.
Yrlygr ok svarmr, eihlífnir, heiðr, baugr, fagrbláinn, bera, miðfjǫrnir.
Battler and tumult, ever-protector, bright one, ring, fair-dark one, she-bear, mid-helmet.
[1] Yrlygr: ørlygr C, ‘v[…]gr’ B, ‘valýgr’ 744ˣ
[1] yrlygr (m.) ‘battler’: Or ørlygr (so C). The word is derived from the battle-heiti ørlygi (see Þul Orrostu 2/6), ‘one engaged in battle’. ON ørlygi ‘battle’ is probably derived from Gmc *uz-lugja, lit. ‘not legally binding’; cf. Goth liugan ‘marry, enter a legal agreement’ (Finnur Jónsson 1926, 211; AEW: ørlygi). The word is also listed in Þul Hauks 2/1 but not found elsewhere. According to Falk (1914b, 146), the shield-heiti yrlygr might have been derived from the term for ‘hawk’, denoting a shield decorated with the image of a hawk (cf. Þiðreks saga, Þiðr 1853, 189: á þeim skildi er markaðr með gulli haukr ‘on that shield there is a hawk drawn with gold’).