[7] skúrǫrðigr ‘storm-battling’: The sense of the adj. ǫrðigr is ‘standing on end, standing up, tall, steep, upright’, ‘difficult, hard, contrary’, ‘eager, brave’ (see Heggstad et al. 2008: ǫrðigr). In the present context, skúrǫrðigr captures the image of the bucking ship as a bear standing on its hind legs fighting against an enemy, here, skúr ‘shower, storm’.