15.
Þar var Draupnir / ok Dólgþrasir,
There were Draupnir, / and Dólgthrasir,
- Þar adv. there, in that place
- var 3sg. past vera
- Draupnir drjúpa (“to drip”), therefore meaning “Dripper” (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith)
- Dólgþrasir dólgr (“enemy, fiend”) + þrasir (“snorter, one in rage”), the second element deriving from þrasa (“to snort, rage”), thus meaning “Battle-eager”.
Hár, Haugspori, / Hlévangr, Glóinn,
Hár, Haugspori, / Hlévangr, Glóinn,
- Hár hár (“high”), thus meaning “High One”
- Haugspori haugr (“burial mound, cairn”) + spor (“track, footprint”), thus meaning “Howe-treader”
- Hlévangr hlé (“shelter, lee”) + vangr (“wong, plain, meadow”), thus meaning “Sheltered Plain”.
- Glóinn glóa (“to glow”), thus meaning “Glowing One”
Dóri, Ori, / Dúfr, Andvari,
Dori, Ori, / Dúfr, Andvari,
- Dóri Etymology obscure, although a meaning “The Borer” is proposed.
- Ori óra (“to rave, wrangle”), thus meaning “Raving One”
- Dúfr dúfa (“dove”), thus meaning “Dove-like One”.
- Andvari andvari (“gentle breeze; watchfulness, vigilance”), thus possibly meaning “Wind-wary” / A gentle breeze. Cp. andvari, (1) ‘a variety of fish, gurnard, miluus, (2) a gentle breeze, (3) watchfulness, vigilance,’ andi, ‘breath, breathing, a current of air,’ varr, ‘attentive, careful, watchful,’ andbldsinn, ‘in- flated,’ andhlaup, ‘suffocation,’ andlauss, ‘breathless, dead,’ andldt, ‘loss of breath, death / andvari care, anxiety
Skirfir, Virfir, / Skáfiðr, Ái.
Skirfir, Virfir, / Skafidr, Ai.
- Skirfir skirpa =skyrpa (“to spit”), thus meaning “The Spitter”.
- Virfir Possibly related to Old Frisian verver (“dyer”), thus meaning “The Dyer”, or created as a rhyme for Skirfir.
- Skáfiðr Skafiðr Slanting board or slat. Cp. MnI skár, ‘slanting, crooked,’ viðr, ‘board, slat, rung.’ / skár (“open, good”) + viðr (“tree wood, board”), thus possibly meaning “Good Tree”
- Ái Great-grandfather. Cp. ai, idem.