kvern: an eddy or whirlpool in a river is called kvern, agreeably to the legend popular among all ancient Teut. people of a wonder mill grinding salt at the bottom of the sea
búrdrífa = the 'larder-drift,' a popular legend that in the new year's night at a certain hour there falls a drift sweet as honey, filling all larders and covering all the ground; but, unless caught at the moment, it vanishes before morning.
fjörðr milli frænda, en vík milli vina = let there be a firth between kinsmen, but a creek between friends, denoting that kinship is not always so trustworthy as friendship