From: Haukur Thorgeirsson
Message: 3214
Date: 2003-06-10
> " Fé er frænda rógYou are very much on the right track - your problem is that you haven't
> ok flæðar viti
> ok grafseifs gata."
>
> The usual translation I've come across is:
>
> " Fé is the strife of kinsmen,
> and fire of the flood-tide,
> and the path of the serpent."
>
> My question is: What does "grafseif" exactly mean? Is it really a word for a
> serpent, or is it a kenning? I tried looking it quickly in the kenning-lists
> of skáldskaparmál, without result. If I'm not entirely mistaken, "graf"
> means a grave, and I vaguely recall seeing a translation on the web in which
> "grafseif" would've been translated as grave-something. Unfortunately I
> didn't find the translation anymore. Any help appreciated, thanks!