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[8] Stúfr: Lit. ‘stump’ (m.). See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 2/1. The name does not otherwise appear in skaldic poetry as a heiti for ‘horse’, but it occurs frequently in kennings in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: stúfr).