[5-6]: Four of five bird-names in these two lines are terms for seabirds, mostly gulls, namely, skúfr m. (= ModIcel. skúmr) ‘skua’ or ‘brown gull’ (Stercorarius skua; l. 5), sæðingr m. ‘gull’ (l. 5), skarfr m. ‘cormorant’ (l. 6) and svartbakr m. ‘great black-backed gull’ (Larus marinus; l. 6).