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.
[6] semð: om. Tˣ, ‘‑smad’ C, sœmd A, B
[6] semð (f.) ‘calm’: Or sœmð (so A, B). This river-name does not occur in other sources and it has been interpreted in different ways. According to Holthausen (1948, 240), semð is related to OHG semida ‘reed’, whereas de Vries (AEW: semd) suggests a connection to the adj. samr ‘same, unaltered, willing’ and the possible meaning ‘calm one’ (cf. semja ‘arrange, settle’ and ró ‘calm’, st. 1/7). Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 267-8) argues that the name is related to the weak verb sœma ‘honour’ (den prægtige ‘the splendid one’).