Skolli, slapparðr ok Skaufhali,
skollr, melrakki, skaufi, Grýla;
enn es refr ok Skrǫggr, ǫldungr, dáinn,
laufafettir, fóa, brunnmigi.
Skolli, slapparðr ok Skaufhali, skollr, melrakki, skaufi, Grýla; enn es refr ok Skrǫggr, ǫldungr, dáinn, laufafettir, fóa, brunnmigi.
Skulker, weakling and Skaufhali, deceiver, arctic fox, tailed one, Grýla; further there is fox and Skrǫggr, elder, deceased one, leaf-pacer, fox, spring-pisser.
[6] dáinn (m.) ‘deceased one’: P. p. of the strong verb deyja ‘die’. As a term for ‘fox’, the heiti is mentioned only in this þula. It is also a heiti for ‘dwarf’ (in the Hb version of Vsp, Hb 1892-6, 188-9) and for ‘stag’ (see Note to Þul Hjartar l. 3).