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.
[3] fagrbláinn (m.) ‘fair-dark one’: Possibly a tarred shield, cf. bláar, svartar randir ‘dark, black shields’ (Falk 1914b, 147; see also SnE 1998, II, 268). Alternatively, the word may be derived from the adj. fagrblár ‘fair-blue’ (so LP: fagrbláinn). The cpd is not attested elsewhere as a heiti for ‘shield’.