Þul Bjarnar 1III/8 — mǫsmi ‘mǫsmi’
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.
readings
[8] mǫsmi: so Tˣ, mǫsni R, ‘mosne’ C, ‘mosmi’ A, B
notes
[8] mǫsmi: So Tˣ and adopted in Skj B and Skald. This is an obscure word with several variant forms (see Readings above). Mǫsmi might mean ‘slumberer’ and be related to New Norw. masast ‘fall asleep, dream’, OE āmasian ‘confuse, lull to sleep’, ModEngl. amaze (for details, see ÍO: mǫsmi, mǫsni). Mǫsmi is also found as a heiti for ‘bear’ in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: mǫsmi).