Fegringr, hani, Fjalarr ok áslákr,
kókr, Salgofnir, kambr, Viðofnir,
gylmir, gallus ok gallína,
hœna, keila, hábrók, kaða.
Fegringr, hani, Fjalarr ok áslákr, kókr, Salgofnir, kambr, Viðofnir, gylmir, gallus ok gallína, hœna, keila, hábrók, kaða.
Handsome one, rooster, Fjalarr and áslákr, cock, Salgofnir, comb, Viðofnir, crower, gallus and gallína, hen, keila, high-breeches, cackling bird.
[3] Salgofnir: This is the name of a rooster in Valhǫll (HHund II 49/7), but it is not found in poetry as a heiti for ‘rooster’. The first element of the cpd is salr m. ‘hall’ but the second element is obscure. It has been suggested that ‑gofnir (Skj B: ‑gófnir) might be connected with New Norw. guv(en) ‘cowering’, possibly ‘one ruffling up in the hall’ (cf. S-G II, 133) or with New Norw. gobb ‘spine, shoulder-blade’ (Holthausen 1948, 92). Alternatively, the correct form of the last element of the cpd may be ‑gopnir (RE 1665 has Salgopner here); for possible explanations of that word, see Bugge (1896b, 110-11) and AEW: Salgofnir.