Hvernig skal Heimdall kenna?
Svá at kalla hann son níu mœðra, vǫrð guða, svá sem fyrr er ritat, eða hvíta Ás, Loka dólg, mensœkir Freyju.
Heimdalar hǫfuð heitir sverð; svá er sagt at hann var lostinn manns hǫfði í gǫgnum.
Um hann er kveðit í Heimdalargaldri, ok er síðan kallat hǫfuð mjǫtuðr Heimdalar; sverð heitir manns mjǫtuðr.
Heimdalr er eigandi Gulltopps.
Hann er ok tilsœkir Vágaskers ok Singasteins; þá deildi hann við Loka um Brísingamen.
Hann heitir ok Vindlér.
Úlfr Uggason kvað í Húsdrápu langa stund eptir þeiri frásǫgu; er þess þar getit er þeir váru í sela líkjum; ok sonr Óðins.
VIII. “How should one periphrase Heimdallr?
By calling him Son of Nine Mothers, or Watchman of the Gods, as already has been written; or White God, Foe of Loki, Seeker of Freyja’s Necklace.
A sword is called Heimdallr’s Head: for it is said that he was pierced by a man’s head.
The tale thereof is told in Heimdalar-galdr; and ever since a head is called Heimdallr’s Measure; a sword is called Man’s Measure.
Heimdallr is the Possessor of Gulltoppr;
he is also Frequenter of Vágasker and Singasteinn, where he contended with Loki for the Necklace Brísinga-men,
he is also called Vindlér.
Úlfr Uggason composed a long passage in the Húsdrápa on that legend, and there it is written that they were in the form of seals. Heimdallr also is son of Odin.
