[7] í braki málma ‘in the crash of metal [BATTLE]’: A conventional battle-kenning. Ms. 471’s barki or barka makes no sense in context. Barki would be a clear example of metathesis from braki, but barka also has an ending (-a) that could only make it the gen. pl. of brak (with metathesis to bark). The form barki is nom. sg. of a noun meaning ‘wind-pipe’ (LP: 1. barki) or a type of boat (LP: 2. barki). The form barka would be an oblique case of these two barki homonyms.