Þul Bjarnar 1III/6 — hlébarðr ‘hlébarðr’
Bjǫrn, bersi, bolmr, bera, elgviðnir,
blájaxl, ísolfr ok breiðvegi,
bestingr, bassi, balti, hlébarðr,
úfr, frekr, vilnir, jórekr, mǫsmi,
fetviðnir, húnn, fress, vetrliði,
íugtanni, jalfuðr, ifjungr, vilskarpr.
Bjǫrn, bersi, bolmr, bera, elgviðnir, blájaxl, ísolfr ok breiðvegi, bestingr, bassi, balti, hlébarðr, úfr, frekr, vilnir, jórekr, mǫsmi, fetviðnir, húnn, fress, vetrliði, íugtanni, jalfuðr, ifjungr, vilskarpr.
Bear, little bear, mighty one, she-bear, elk-forest-dweller, dark molar, ice-wolf and broad-fighter, haltered one, bassi, heavy-stepper, hlébarðr, gruff one, greedy one, vilnir, horse-powerful one, mǫsmi, fetviðnir, bear-cub, snarler, winter-survivor, greedy-toothed one, roarer, hooded one, bowel-sharp one.
notes
[6] hlébarðr (m.): The Old Norse word is a folk-etymological re-interpretation (hlé, barð) of Lat. leopardus ‘leopard’. See Note to Arn Hryn 2/1II. The word is used as a synonym for the pers. n. Bjǫrn, i.e. ‘bear’, in Grett Ævkv I 3/5V (Gr 24). Otherwise Hlébarðr is the name of a giant (Hárb 20/5), and the cpd is also listed among the heiti for ‘wolf’ and ‘shield’ (see Þul Vargs 1/6 and Note to Þul Skjaldar 1/3).