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Gods

Hvernig eru nǫfn goðanna?

(205,1) LIV. “How are the gods named?

Þau heita ok bǫnd, sem kvað Eyjólfr dáðaskáld:
(304) Dregr land at mun banda
Eiríkr und sik geira
veðrmildr ok semr hildi.

They are called Fetters, as Eyjólfr the Valiant Skald sang:
Eiríkr draws the lands beneath him
At the pleasure of the Fetters,
And fashions the Spear-Battle.

Ok hǫpt, sem kvað Þjóðólfr inn hvinverski:
(305) Tormiðlaðr var tívi
tálhreinn meðal beina.
Hvat kvað hapta snytrir
hjálmfaldinn því valda.

And Bonds, as Thjódólfr of Hvin sang:
The skilful God-Deceiver
To the Bonds proved a stern sharer
Of bones: the Helmet-Hooded
Saw somewhat hindered seething.

Rǫgn, sem Einarr kvað skálaglamm: (85,1)
(306) Rammaukin kveð ek ríki
rǫgn Hákunar magna.

Powers, as Einarr Tinkling-Scale sang:
I say, the Mighty Powers
Magnify Hákon’s empire.

Jólnar, sem Eyvindr kvað:
(307) Jólna sumbl
enn vér gátum
stillis lof
sem steina brú.

Jólnar, as Eyvindr sang:
We have fashioned
The Feast of Jólnar,
The Prince’s praise-song,
Strong as a stone bridge.

Díar, sem Kormakr kvað:
(308) Eykr með ennidúki
jarðhljótr díafjarðar
breyti, hún sá er beinan
bindr. Seið Yggr til Rindar.

Deities, as Kormákr sang:
(206,1) The Giver of Lands, who bindeth
The sail to the top, with gold-lace
Honors him who pours Deities’ verse-mead;
Odin wrought charms on Rindr.

Þessi nǫfn himins eru rituð, en eigi hǫfum vér fundit í kvæðum ǫll þessi heiti. En þessi skáldskaparheiti sem ǫnnur þykki mér óskylt at hafa í skáldskap nema áðr finni hann í verka hǫfuðskálda þvílík heiti:

LV. “These names of the heavens are recorded (but we have not found all these terms in poems; and these skaldic terms, even as others, are not meet for use in skaldic writing, methinks, unless one first find such names in the works of Chief Skalds):

Himinn, hlýrnir, heiðþornir, hregg-Mímir, Andlangr, ljósfari, drífandi, skatyrnir, víðfeðmir, vet-Mímir, leiptr, hrjóðr, víðbláinn. Sól: sunna, rǫðull, eyglóa, alskír, sýni, fagrahvél, líknskin, Dvalins leika, álfrǫðull, ifrǫðull, mýlin. Tungl: máni, ný, nið, ártali, múlinn, fengari, glámr, skyndir, skjálgr, skrámr.

Heaven, Hlýrnir, Heidthornir, Storm Mímir, Long-Lying, Light-Farer, Driving, Topmost Sky, Wide-Fathom, Vet-Mímir, Lightning, Destroyer, Wide-Blue. The solar planet is called Sun, Glory, Ever-Glow, All-Bright, Sight, Fair Wheel, Healing Ray, Dvalinn’s Playmate, Elfin-Beam, Doubtful-Beam, Luminary. The lunar planet is called Moon, Waxer, Waner, Year-Teller, Mock-Sun, Fengari, Glamour, Haster, Crescent, Glare.

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