Hringr, Gnóð, freki, hrǫð, móðrói,
hemlir, barði ok hylbauti,
ugla, leðja ok askvitull,
kœna, ketla, kati, reið ok Skalpr.
Hringr, Gnóð, freki, hrǫð, móðrói, hemlir, barði ok hylbauti, ugla, leðja ok askvitull, kœna, ketla, kati, reið ok Skalpr.
Ring, Gnóð, greedy one, swift one, fierce-rower, rowlock-strapped one, beaked one and depth-beater, ugla, lighter and askvitull, dinghy, ketla, kati, vehicle and Skálpr.
[1] freki (m.) ‘greedy one’: Or ‘bold one’ (so SnE 1998, II, 279). As a term for ‘ship’, the word occurs only in the present þula and may originally have been a proper name. Freki is one of Óðinn’s wolves in Old Norse myth, and in the þulur freki is also listed among the heiti for ‘wolf’ (Þul Vargs 1/5) and ‘fire’ (Þul Elds 3/1).