[2] skerði (dat. sg.) ‘the diminisher’: Skerðir ‘diminisher, destroyer’ is frequently a base-word of man-kennings that have ‘gold’ as the determinant, as here. Flat’s text requires skerðu ‘they cut’, 3rd pers. pl. pret. indic. of skerða ‘to cut a notch, diminish, harm’.