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Wolf

Vargr heitir dýr. Þat er rétt at kenna við blóð eða hræ svá at kalla verð hans eða drykk. Eigi er rétt at kenna svá við fleiri dýr.

LVII. “It is correct to periphrase blood or carrion in terms of the beast which is called Strangler,” by calling them his Meat and Drink; it is not correct to express them in terms of other beasts.

Vargr heitir ok úlfr, sem Þjóðólfr kvað:
(318) Gera var gisting byrjuð
gnóg en úlfr ór skógi —
sonr á sár at spenja
Sigurðar — kom norðan.

The Strangler is also called Wolf. As Thjódólfr sang:
Enough guesting to the Ravener
Was given, when the Son of Sigurdr
(209,1) Came from the North, the Wolf
To lure from the wood to the wound.

Hér er hann ok Geri kallaðr.

Here he is called Ravener also.

Freki, sem Egill kvað:
(319) Þá er oddbreki
— sleit und Freki —
gnúði hrafni
á hǫfuðstafni.

Greedy One, as Egill sang:
The Greedy One gashed
Grisly wounds, when plashed
The red Point-Creek
On the raven’s beak.

Vitnir, sem Einarr kvað:
(320) Elfr varð unda gjálfri
eitrkǫld roðin heitu.
Vitnis fell með vatni
varmt ǫlðr í men Karmtar.

Witch-Beast, as Einarr sang:
The Götha, cold with venom,
With hot Wound-Gush was reddened;
The Witch-Beast’s warm drink, mingled
With the water, in the sea poured.

Ylgr, sem Arnórr kvað:
(321) Svalg áttbogi ylgjar
ógóðr — en var blóði
grœðir grœnn at rauðum —
grandauknum ná — blandinn.

She-Wolf, as Arnórr sang:
The She-Wolf’s evil Kindred
Swallowed the corpse, harm-swollen,
When the green sea was turnèd
To red, with gore commingled.

(88,1) Vargr, sem Illugi kvað:
(322) Vargs var munr þat er margan
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak þótta.

Strangler, as Illugi sang:
There was happiness for the Strangler
When my lord pursued hosts full many;
With the sword the Necklet-Minisher
Pierced the swart Snake of the Forest.

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