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.
[2] hrǫð: so A, B, hrauð R, Tˣ, C
[2] hrǫð (f.) ‘swift one’: So A, B. The heiti is known only from this þula and could be a f. form of the adj. hraðr ‘swift’. The R, Tˣ C redaction has hrauð, which, according to Kock (NN §847B), may be derived from Gmc *hreuþ- : hrauþ- ‘cover’ (see hrauð ‘mail-shirt’, Þul Brynju l. 2). Alternatively, it could be related to the strong verb hrjóða ‘strip, clear, disable’, possibly denoting a ship in naval battle (hence ‘plunderer’; cf. ÍO: hrauð 2).