Þul Ara 1III/5 — kinnarr ‘one with distinctive cheeks’
Ǫrn, gallópnir ok andhrímnir,
Hræsvelgr ok hreggskornir,
egðir, kinnarr, ari, blindviðnir,
arnkell, gemlir ok aquila.
Ǫrn, gallópnir ok andhrímnir, Hræsvelgr ok hreggskornir, egðir, kinnarr, ari, blindviðnir, arnkell, gemlir ok aquila.
Eagle, shrill-crier and counter-screamer, Hræsvelgr and storm-cleaver, edged one, one with distinctive cheeks, eagle, blind forest-dweller, old eagle, old one and aquila.
readings
[5] kinnarr: so B, ‘kinnarr’ or ‘kumarr’ A
notes
[5] kinnarr (m.) ‘one with distinctive cheeks’: So B (and possibly A). A hap. leg. and an obscure word. The heiti may be interpreted either as a derivative from kinn f. ‘cheek’ and thus allude to the appearance of the bird (cf. skolkinni ‘dark-cheeked one’, Þul Vargs 1/10) or as a phonetic variant of ginnarr m. ‘deceiver’ (cf. AEW: kinnarr), listed among heiti for ‘eagle’ in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 92, II, 288). The latter word occurs in several þulur (Þul Óðins 1/8, Þul Dverga 4/5 and Þul Hauks 1/5).