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[5] hneiti ‘cutter’: Jón Helgason (Hl 1941) suggests an emendation to hreyti ‘scatterer’. Hneitir does, however, occur as the base-word in man-kennings (LP: hneitir 2), and there is no reason why the ms. reading should not be retained.