[7] skyld-Breta skytju ‘the kin-Britons of the markswoman [= Skaði] [GIANTS]’: Giant-kennings whose base-words are ethnic names (collected in Marold 1990a, 109-10) are characteristic of Eilífr’s style. Skytja could be a f. noun derived from skyti m. ‘marksman’ (NN §457); hence, the meaning would be ‘markswoman’ and could refer to Skaði, daughter of the giant Þjazi, the giantess who hunts with bow and arrow. Skyld- means ‘related by kinship’ (Fritzner: skyldr 5), and those related to Skaði are giants (Marold 1990a, 110 Anm. 8). This is consistent with Geirrøðr being called ‘terrifier of the bowstring’ and ‘god of the bow’ (sts 16/5 and 20/5). Previous eds have either left skytju untranslated (Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1851, 27; Finnur Jónsson 1900b, 390; Skj B) or resorted to emendation. Kock (NN §457) replaces skyld- with skjald- and translates skjald-Breta skytju as ‘giant’s daughter’ without further comment, while Reichardt (1948, 367) emends skytja to skúta and construes the kenning skyld-Bretar skúta ‘the kin-Britons of the cave’.