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[4] Geirdriful: A hap. leg. This name translates as ‘one throwing or strewing spears’. The second element is derived from the strong verb drífa ‘drive, drift’ (so AEW: ‑driful), but cf. the battle-heitigeirþriful (see Note to Þul Orrostu 1/4).