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.
[6] seimir (m.) ‘glittering one’: Or perhaps ‘golden thread’. The heiti is a hap. leg. related to seimr m. ‘riches, gold’ (cf. ÍO: seimir). Thus the name could refer either to the skin of a snake or to the function of legendary serpents as guardians of treasure.