Þul Ara 1III/7 — gemlir ‘old one’
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
[7] gemlir: gelmir B
notes
[7] gemlir (m.) ‘old one’: This poetic term for ‘eagle’, originally perhaps referring to a one-year-old bird, is derived from the same root as the adj. gamall ‘old’, but with an -ila suffix (cf. gemla f. ‘one-year-old sheep’ < *gamilōn and gemlingr ‘one-year-old wether’). See also Þjóð Haustl 2/3 and Note there. The variant gelmir in B means ‘noise-maker’ (cf. the latter word as a second element in giant-names; see Þul Jǫtna I 2/7 and Note).