Refr Giz 1III/5 — Draupnis ‘of Draupnir’
Einn háði gný Gunnar
— gall bál Hôars — stála
rimmu askr við rǫskva
regndjarfr tváa þegna.
Dalsteypir hjó Draupnis
dǫgg-Frey banahǫggvi,
— hann rauð járn — en annan
ôr strauma vann sáran.
Askr rimmu, stála regndjarfr, háði einn gný Gunnar við tváa rǫskva þegna; bál Hôars gall. Dalsteypir hjó Draupnis dǫgg-Frey banahǫggvi, en vann annan ôr strauma sáran; hann rauð járn.
The ash-tree of battle [WARRIOR], bold in the rain of steel weapons [(lit. ‘rain-bold of steel weapons’) BATTLE], engaged alone in the din of Gunnr <valkyrie> [BATTLE] against two brave men; the fire of Hárr <= Óðinn> [SWORD] resounded. The bow-destroyer [WARRIOR] dealt the Freyr <god> of the dew of Draupnir <ring> [(lit. ‘Draupnir’s dew-Freyr’) GOLD > MAN] his deathblow and inflicted a wound upon another messenger of currents [SEAFARER]; he reddened iron-blades.
readings
[5] Draupnis: ‘dreyfnis’ 321ˣ, ‘draupins’ Holm4, Tóm, ‘[...]is’ 61, ‘draupnnis’ Flat
notes
[5-6] Draupnis dǫgg-Frey ‘the Freyr <god> of the dew of Draupnir <ring> [(lit. ‘Draupnir’s dew-Freyr’) GOLD > MAN]’: Draupnir (‘dripping one’) is Óðinn’s precious ring from which eight rings of a similar weight drip every nine nights (SnE 1998, I, 42). The name often appears in kennings for ‘gold’, which is referred to as drop, dew, rain, offspring etc. of Draupnir (Meissner 227).
kennings
- Draupnis dǫgg- — of the dew of Draupnir <ring> his [GOLD]
- Draupnis dǫgg-Frey — the Freyr <god> of the dew of Draupnir <ring> his [MAN]