Liðr, japr, bráinn, linni, stefningr,
snillingr, viðnir, serfr ok vinduðr,
ráðr, rábia, reimir, seimir,
Móinn, dalginna ok Miðgarðsormr.
Liðr, japr, bráinn, linni, stefningr, snillingr, viðnir, serfr ok vinduðr, ráðr, rábia, reimir, seimir, Móinn, dalginna ok Miðgarðsormr.
Serpent, japr, flickering one, reptile, stefningr, swift one, forest-dweller, serfr and coiling one, ráðr, rábia, stringing one, glittering one, Móinn, dale-poisoner and Miðgarðsormr.
[1] bráinn: varinn B
[1] bráinn (m.) ‘flickering one’: Related to the weak verb brjá ‘flicker’. The heiti may allude to a serpent’s eyes (cf. fræningr ‘flashing one’ and fránn ‘gleaming, flashing one’; see Note to st. 1/7 above). It is also given in the list in LaufE and in Þul Hesta 3/6, but not found elsewhere. For the B variant, (normalised) varinn m. ‘wary, cautious, watchful one’, see holdvarinn ‘flesh-wary one’ (st. 2/7).