Akr, ax, sæði, ǫgn, barr ok halmr,
áll, efstakné, eigin, skotblað,
blað, kné ok rót, bygg, rugr ok sáð,
korn, ginhafri, korki, barlak.
Akr, ax, sæði, ǫgn, barr ok halmr, áll, efstakné, eigin, skotblað, blað, kné ok rót, bygg, rugr ok sáð, korn, ginhafri, korki, barlak.
Crop, ear of corn, seed, chaff, barley and straw, sprout, uppermost member, shoot, shoot-blade, blade, knee and root, barley, rye and grain, corn, false-oats, korki and barlak.
[4] eigin (n.) ‘shoot’: A hap. leg. Cf. New Norw. eigind, ModSwed. dialects eien ‘the first sprouts of corn’ (cf. áll ‘sprout’ in l. 3), MLG īne ‘needle’. The original meaning is perhaps ‘sharp point’ (cf. ÍO: eigin). See also Note to l. 3 above.