Byrðingr, búza, barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr, hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg, rǫð, Hringhornir,
lung, kjóll, langskip, leifnir, karfi.
Byrðingr, búza, barðkaldr ok hreinn, bakki, hǫmlungr, hélugbarði, rǫst, bátr ok regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, lung, kjóll, langskip, leifnir, karfi.
Freighter, merchant-ship, prow-cold one and reindeer, ferry, oar-strapped one, rimy-prowed one, rǫst, boat and regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, long-boat, barge, longship, leifnir, carvel.
[3] hǫmlungr: ‘humlunngr’ B
[3] hǫmlungr (m.) ‘oar-strapped one’: A hap. leg. derived from hamla f. ‘rowlock, oar-loop’ (st. 8/2 below); hence ‘oar-strapped’ or ‘one having rowlocks’ (see SnE 1998, II, 327; cf. hǫmlumaðr m. ‘rower, oarsman’). The heiti may be connected with the Shetland word skot-/skuthomlin (-humlin) ‘five-oared boat’ or ‘poorly constructed boat’ (Jakobsen 1908-21, 756-7; AEW: hǫmlungr). Cf. hemlir ‘rowlock-strapped one’ in st. 3/3 below.