1. Names of Metres
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álagsháttr ‘extension’s form’
alhent ‘completely rhymed’
alhnept ‘completely curtailed’
áttmælt ‘eight-times spoken’
bálkarlag ‘section’s metre’
Braga háttr ‘Bragi’s verse-form’
bragarbot ‘poem’s improvement’
bragarháttr ‘poem’s form’
detthent ‘stumbling-rhymed, falling-rhymed’
draughent ‘ghost-rhymed, trunk-rhymed’
dróttkvætt ‘court metre’
drõgur ‘drawings’
dunhent ‘echoing-rhymed’
inn dýri háttr ‘the ornate form’
Egils háttr ‘Egill’s verse-form’
fjórðungalok ‘couplets’ closure’
flagðaháttr ‘ogres’ form’
Fleins háttr ‘Fleinn’s verse-form’
in forna skjálfhenda ‘the ancient tremble-rhyme’
fornyrðislag ‘old story metre’
galdralag ‘incantations’ metre’
greppaminni ‘poets’ reminder’
inn grœnlenzki háttr ‘the verse-form from Greenland’
Haðarlag ‘Hõðr’s metre’
hagmælt ‘skilfully spoken’
hálfhnept ‘half-curtailed’
háttlausa ‘formless’
hjástælt ‘abutted’
hnugghent ‘deprived-rhymed’
hrynjandi háttr ‘the flowing verse-form’
iðurmælt ‘repeatedly spoken’
kimblaband ‘bundle-bond’
klifat ‘repeated’
kviðuháttr ‘poem’s form’
langlokum ‘with late closures’
liðhent ‘helping-rhymed’
ljóðaháttr ‘songs’ form’
málaháttr ‘speeches’ form’
inn meiri stúfr ‘the more apocopated [form]’
it meira kimblaband ‘the greater bundle-bond’
inn mesti stúfr ‘the most apocopated [form]’
in mestu kimblabõnd ‘the greatest bundle-bonds’
in minni alhenda ‘ the lesser complete rhyme’
in minni runhenda ‘the lesser end-rhyme’
in minnsta runhenda ‘the smallest end-rhyme’
munnvõrp ‘mouth-throwings, improvisations’
náhent ‘close-rhymed’
inn nýi háttr ‘the new verse-form’
óbreytt hrynhent ‘unchanged flowing-rhymed’
orðskviðuháttr ‘proverb’s form’
Ragnars háttr ‘Ragnarr’s verse-form’
refhvarfa bróðir ‘the brother of fox-turns’
refhvõrf ‘fox-turns’
rétthent ‘consistently-rhymed’
rétt runhenda ‘consistent end-rhyme’
riðhent ‘rocking-rhymed’
runhent ‘end-rhymed’
samhent ‘coincidental-rhymed’
sextánmælt ‘sixteen-times spoken’
inn skammi háttr ‘the short verse-form’
skjálfhent ‘tremble-rhymed’
skothendr háttr ‘the half-rhymed form’
stamhendr háttr ‘the stuttering-rhymed form’
Starkaðar lag ‘Starkaðr’s metre’
stikkalag ‘needle-metre’
stúfhent ‘stump-rhymed’
stýft ‘apocopated’
stælt ‘intercalated, inlaid’
tilsagt ‘annotated’
tiltekit ‘linked’
Torf-Einars háttr ‘Torf-Einarr’s verse-form’
trollsháttr ‘troll’s verse-form’
tvískelft ‘twice-trembled’
tøgdrápulag ‘journey-poem metre’
tøglag ‘journey-metre’
veggjat ‘wedged, inserted’
þríhent ‘tripple-rhymed’