Brísingr, brenna, blossi, gneisti,
gnipall, glœðr, dúni, geiri, tandri,
dunsuðr, dini, dusill ok snæra;
nú eru sex tigir seyðisheita.
Brísingr, brenna, blossi, gneisti, gnipall, glœðr, dúni, geiri, tandri, dunsuðr, dini, dusill ok snæra; nú eru sex tigir seyðisheita.
Blaze, burning, flame, spark, high one, glowing one, storming one, flare, conflagration, thundering one, flickering one, glimmering one and crackling one; now sixty fire-names are [enumerated].
[6] dusill (m.) ‘glimmering one’: A hap. leg., perhaps derived from the weak verb dúsa ‘doze’ and hence most likely denoting a hidden, glimmering or small fire. Cf. CVC: drysil-, dusil- a term of contempt, ‘paltry’, dusil-menni n. ‘a petty man’ and the weak verb dusla ‘bustle’ (see also AEW: dusill; ÍO: dusi, dusill and Note to Þjóð Yt 2/7I).