Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun, Raumelfr, hnipul,
hnǫpul, hjalmunlá, Humra, Vína,
Víl, Vín, vella, valin, semð, salin,
Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma, Nis, mynt, gnapa.
Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun, Raumelfr, hnipul, hnǫpul, hjalmunlá, Humra, Vína, Víl, Vín, vella, valin, semð, salin, Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma, Nis, mynt, gnapa.
Rǫgn, Hrǫnn and ordeal, Glomma, seizer, grasper, rudder-wave, Humber, Dvina, Víl, Vín, boiling one, chosen one, calm, salin, Dnieper, Drammenselva, torrent, Nissan, mouthed one, leaning one.
[5] Vín: Or Vin, a mythical river (Grí 27/9; Gylf, SnE 2005, 33). Neither variant (Vín, Vin) occurs in other sources, and the length of the vowel cannot be determined. This river-name is either the same as vín n. ‘wine’ or vin f. ‘meadow’ (cf. strǫnd ‘beach’ and the A, B variant strind ‘bank’, st. 3/2). Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 263) opts for the latter interpretation. Alternatively, Vín may be a variant of Vína ‘the Dvina’ mentioned in l. 4 (ÍO: Vin, Vín) or it could be connected with the Indo-European root *-uei ‘wither, dry (up)’ and thus refer to a river that dries up during the summer (Hale 1983, 174).