Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr,
búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa, hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar, reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr, búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
Buck-whale, minke whale and sea-fumer, porpoise, hafstrambr and long-finned pilot whales, rorqual, rorqual-calf and red-crest, sperm whale, walrus and nordcaper.
[1] Hafrhvalr geirhvalr: ‘[…]afrhu[…] g[…]r […]lr’ B, ‘Hafrhualr geirhualr’ 744ˣ
[1] hafrhvalr (m.) ‘buck-whale’: A cpd from hafr m. ‘buck, billy-goat’ and hvalr m. ‘whale’, thus ‘male whale’ (so Nordgaard 1920, 110), and not attested elsewhere. Cf. ModIcel. höfrungur ‘dolphin’ (Delphinus delphis), which is not attested earlier than the C16th (ÍO: höfrungur).