Þul Vargs 1III/5 — Freki ‘Freki’
Vargr, ulfr, Geri, vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri,
Hati, Hróðvitnir ok heiðingi,
Freki ok viðnir, Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glammi, gylðir, ímarr,
ímr ok egðir ok skolkinni.
Vargr, ulfr, Geri, vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri, Hati, Hróðvitnir ok heiðingi, Freki ok viðnir, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, gildr, glammi, gylðir, ímarr, ímr ok egðir ok skolkinni.
Wolf, he-wolf, Geri, watcher and hninnir, grey-beast, Hati, Hróðvitnir and heath-dweller, Freki and forest-dweller, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, worthy one, noisy one, howler, combatant, dusky one and edged one and dark-cheeked one.
readings
[5] Freki ok: om. Tˣ, freki kinni A, ‘[…]kí kínnir’ B, ‘freki kinnir’ 744ˣ
notes
[5] Freki: Lit. ‘greedy one’; one of Óðinn’s wolves in Old Norse myth (see Geri, l. 1 above; Grí 19/1; Gylf, SnE 2005, 32). In skaldic poetry the name is used as a heiti for ‘wolf’. Freki is also listed as heiti for ‘fire’ and ‘ship’ (Þul Elds 3/1, Þul Skipa 3/1). In mss A and B this name is followed by kinni (‘kínnir’ B); cf. the eagle-heiti kinnarr ‘one with distinctive cheeks’ (see Þul Ara l. 5 and Note). See also Introduction above.