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Rigsthula

13.[1] Daughters had they,  Drumba and Kumba,Ökkvinkalfa,  Arinnefja,Ysja and Ambott,  Eikintjasna,Totrughypja  and Tronubeina;And thence has risen  the race of thralls.
14.[2] Forward went Rig,  his road was straight,To a hall he came,  and a door there hung;In did he fare,  on the floor was a fire:Ail and Amma  owned the house.
15.[3] There sat the twain,  and worked at their tasks:The man hewed wood  for the weaver's beam;His beard was trimmed,  o'er his brow a curl,His clothes fitted close;  in the corner a chest.
16.[4] The woman sat  and the distaff wielded,At the weaving with arms  outstretched she worked;On her head was a band,  on her breast a smock;On her shoulders a kerchief  with clasps there was.
  1. ↑ The names mean: Drumba, "The Log"; Kumba, "The Stumpy"; Ökkvinkalfa, "Fat-Legged"; Arinnefja, "Homely-Nosed"; Ysja, "The Noisy"; Ambott, "The Servant"; Eikintjasna, "The Oaken Peg" (?); Totrughypja, "Clothed in Rags"; Tronubeina, "Crane-Legged."
  2. ↑ In the manuscript line 4 stands after line 4 of stanza 16, but several editors have rearranged the lines, as here. Afi and Amma: Grandfather and Grandmother.
  3. ↑ There is considerable confusion among the editors as to where this stanza begins and ends.
  4. ↑ The manuscript marks line 3 as the beginning of a stanza.

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