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.
[5] rǫst (f.): The origin of this heiti is unclear. It is probably not derived from the weak verb rasa ‘rush’ (cf. ÍO: röst, rǫst 3, but see AEW: rǫst 3: die eilende ‘hurrying one’). As a term for ‘ship’ the word occurs only in this þula, but rǫst f. ‘current in the sea, maelstrom’ is used as a determinant in kennings for ‘ship’ (LP: rǫst 2), and the heiti may have resulted from a misinterpretation of a ship-kenning.