Þul Elds 2III/2 — farri ‘wanderer’
Leygr, vafrlogi, linnr ok farri,
brandr, fýr, túsi, brími, nertill,
viti, eimyrja, vélann, fasti,
funi, hyrr, fœðir, fúrr ok eisa.
Leygr, vafrlogi, linnr ok farri, brandr, fýr, túsi, brími, nertill, viti, eimyrja, vélann, fasti, funi, hyrr, fœðir, fúrr ok eisa.
Flame, flickering flame, serpent and wanderer, fire, blaze, crackling one, burning, gnawing one, beacon, live coals, deceiver, fire, pyre, flare, feeder, bonfire and glowing embers.
notes
[2] farri (m.) ‘wanderer’: An obscure word, most likely derived from the strong verb fara ‘go, move’ (hence perhaps ‘wanderer, vagrant, tramp’; see ÍO: farri 2). Holthausen (1948, 57), however, suggests a connection with Old Church Slavonic para ‘smoke’ and Gk πίμπρημι ‘burn’, while according to Alexander Jóhannesson (1951-6, 554-5), the word may be related to fors n. ‘waterfall’. Cf. also farri as an ox-heiti (though not mentioned in the þulur; LP: farri 1, 2), and the discussion of this word in Note to Þjóð Yt 14/6I. Ms. B and RE 1665 both have fari m. ‘mover, traveller’ here.