Þul Á 6III/6 — vimul ‘vimul’
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, tvær Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn and need, Nǫt, Slíðr and Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr and Ǫrmt, two Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr and yn and Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð and flood; Jordan is the last.
readings
[6] ‑vimul: ‘v[…]m[…]’ B, ‘vímo᷎l’ 744ˣ
notes
[5, 6] Gǫmul … ok Geirvimul ‘Gǫmul … and Geirvimul’: Mythical rivers, lit. ‘old one and spear-swarming one’. See Gǫmul oc Geirvimul in Grí 27/7 (NK 62) and the same pair in Gylf (SnE 2005, 33). According to Sijmons and Gering (S-G I, 198), Gǫmul is most likely a substantivised f. form of the Old Norse adj. gamall ‘old’ and this name may refer to an old river bed (cf. such river names as ModGer. Alter Rhein ‘Old Rhine’ or Gamlelva in Norway). For another, less convincing interpretation, see Hale (1983, 172). — [6] Geirvimul (f.): This mythical name translates as ‘spear-swarming one’ (for -vimul, cf. Vimur in st. 1/3 above) and refers to a river filled with pointed weapons, such as the dangerous underworld river Slíðr (l. 2 above) filled with sǫxom oc sverðom ‘knives and swords’ mentioned in Vsp 36 (NK 8; see ll. 5, 6 above) and the weapon-filled river which Hadingus had to cross in Saxo’s Gesta Danorum (Saxo 2005, I, 1, 8, 14, pp. 124-5). See also Hale (1983, 172). For the suffix ‑ul, see Note to st. 4/2-3 above.