[8] litat ‘coloured’: Emendation in keeping with NN §891. The n. pl. in the ms. (lituð ‘coloured’) must have been caused by sverð (n. pl.) ‘swords’ (l. 7). Skj B retains the Mork reading and construes fyrðar ruðu branda ‘men reddened blades’ (ll. 6, 7), which creates a highly unnatural w. o.