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Þul Elds 3III/7 — væginn ‘moving one’

Freki, olgr, seti,         feykir, ysja,
hrǫðuðr ok hǫrfir,         harkr, forbrennir,
hrapi, myln, logi,         hripuðr, aldrnari,
kyndr, bál, væginn,         kveykir ok búði.

Freki, olgr, seti, feykir, ysja, hrǫðuðr ok hǫrfir, harkr, forbrennir, hrapi, myln, logi, hripuðr, aldrnari, kyndr, bál, væginn, kveykir ok búði.

Greedy one, noise-maker, sitter, rusher, bustler, hurrying one and retreating one, crackling one, destroyer, tumbling one, flash, flame, hastener, life-nourisher, kindled one, pyre, moving one, quickener and dweller.

notes

[7] væginn (m.) ‘moving one’: A hap. leg. According to de Vries (AEW: væginn 1), the word is derived from vágr (one of the names for ‘fire’ in Alv 26/3; see also Kommentar III, 357-8) and not related to the weak verb vægja ‘give way, yield’. Hence its meaning is ‘moving one’ or ‘swinging one’ (cf. ModGer. bewegen ‘move’ and AEW: vágr) rather than ‘lenient, yielding’ (adj.). RE 1665 renders this word as ‘Wægan’.

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