[1] byrjar ‘of fair wind’: Bb’s reading is superior to Flat’s hyrjar ‘of fire’ because the latter produces three alliterative staves rather than the expected two. Additionally, the heaven-kenning produced with this reading, ljóss vegs hyrjar ‘of the bright path of fire’ (ll. 1, 2, 3), is abnormal (cf. Meissner, 106).