Hundk Lv 5VIII (HjǪ 36)/7 — bingi ‘beds’
Harðr muntu heima, er þú hyggz öllu ráða
oss hjá í dýrum höllum várum.
Hefir þú brand hvassan brynju ok hjálm vænan
ok Sófnis bingi aðra, en set þik aptr af því.
Muntu harðr heima, er þú hyggz ráða öllu hjá oss í dýrum höllum várum. Þú hefir hvassan brand, brynju ok vænan hjálm ok aðra bingi Sófnis, en set þik aptr af því.
You must be tough at home, since you think to decide everything among us in our excellent halls. You have a keen sword, a coat of mail and beautiful helmet and other beds of Sófnir <snake> [GOLD], but restrain yourself from that.
notes
[7] bingi Sófnis ‘beds of Sófnir <snake> [GOLD]’: Sófnir is likely to be a snake-heiti here. LP equates Sófnir with Sváfnir, the latter a name for Óðinn; cf. Þhorn Harkv 11/3I and Note, Þul Óðins 4/3III and Note. However, both Sváfnir and Sófnir are snake-heiti in later poetry and in rímur; cf. the kenning látr Sváfnis ‘lair of Sváfnir <snake> [GOLD]’ (Grett Lv 31/7V (Gr 63)) and láð Sófnis ‘lands of Sófnir <snake> [GOLD]’(Grettisrímur III, 25, Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, I, 58); cf. also the kenning naðrbingr ‘adder-bed [GOLD]’ (Þjsk Jarl 1/4I) and Meissner 237. The noun bingr ‘bed’ is uncommon in skaldic poetry and in Old Norse prose but is frequent in rímur (cf. Finnur Jónsson 1926-8, 25-6).
kennings
- aðra bingi Sófnis, — other beds of Sófnir <snake>, [GOLD]
grammar
case: acc.
number: pl.