Gilling ok Níl, Ganges, Tvedda,
Luma, vervaða, Leira ok Gunnþró,
Víð, Svǫl, Vegsvinn, yn, Þjóðnuma,
Fjǫrm, Strǫnd ok Spé ok Fimbulþul.
Gilling ok Níl, Ganges, Tvedda, Luma, vervaða, Leira ok Gunnþró, Víð, Svǫl, Vegsvinn, yn, Þjóðnuma, Fjǫrm, Strǫnd ok Spé ok Fimbulþul.
Gilling and Nile, Ganges, Tweed, Luma, one waded by men, Loire and Gunnþró, Víð, Svǫl, Vegsvinn, yn, Þjóðnuma, Fjǫrm, Strǫnd and Spey and Fimbulþul.
[6] yn: ynn C
[6] yn: The name is repeated in st. 6/5, but it is not found elsewhere and its origin is obscure. Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 268) suggests that yn may be related to the weak verb una ‘enjoy’ and could mean ‘good one, useful one’. See also ÍO: Yn.