The generous man is periphrased by the gold he gives: gold-breaker, gold-sender, gold-thrower, gold-harmer, gold-lord. Five verse examples (Óttarr svarti, Einarr, Þorleikr, Þorvaldr).
Maðr er kallaðr brjótr gullsins, svá sem kvað Óttarr svarti:
A man is called the breaker of gold, as Óttarr svarti spoke:
Eða gullsendir, sem kvað Einarr skálaglamm:
Or gold-sender, as Einarr skálaglamm spoke:
Gullvörpuðr, sem kvað Þorleikr:
Gold-thrower, as Þorleikr spoke:
Gullstríðir, sem kvað Þorvaldr blönduskáld:
Gold-harmer, as Þorvaldr blönduskáld spoke:
Gullskati, sem hér er:
Gold-lord, as here:
Skaldic quotations
Óttarr svarti (man = glóð-brjótandi, guldbrytare)
Góðmennis þarf ek gunnar glóð-brjótanda at njóta. Hér er alnennin inni inndrótt með gram svinnum.
I need to enjoy the good ember-breaker [gold-breaker — the generous man] of battle. Here within is a most valiant retinue with the wise prince.
Einarr skálaglamm (man = gullsendir, guldsändare)
Gullsendir lætr grundar, glaðar þengill her drengja, hans mæti kná ek hljóta, hljót Yggs mjaðar njóta.
The gold-sender [generous prince] of the ground gladdens the host of warriors; his treasures I get to receive, and enjoy the lot of Yggr's mead [poetry].
Þorleikr (man = gullvörpuðr, guldkastare)
Hirð viðr grams með gerðum gollvörpuðr sér holla.
The gold-thrower [generous prince] keeps his retinue loyal to himself with gifts.
Þorvaldr blönduskáld (man = gullstríðir, guldskadare)
Gullstríðir verpr glóðum, gefr auð konungr rauðan, óþjóðar bregðr eyðir, armleggs, Grana farmi.
The gold-harmer [generous man] casts embers [gold]; the king gives red wealth; the destroyer of the wicked flings the arm's [Grani's burden — gold].
Anonym (man = gullskati, guldskatt-herre)
Gat ek gullskata; gör er leygs of bör götu gunnvita gráps tögdrápa.
I got a gold-lord [patron]; a tögdrápa of the hail of the war-beacon [sword — battle] is made about the tree of the flame [the man].