Hefir í grenjum gamall skaufhali
leingi búið hjá langhölu.
Átt hafa þau sier als upp talda
átján sonu og eina dóttur.
Gamall skaufhali hefir leingi búið í grenjum hjá langhölu. Þau hafa átt sier als upp talda átján sonu og eina dóttur.
Old Tassel-tail has lived long in lairs with Long-tail. All told, they have had eighteen sons and one daughter.
[2] skaufhali: ‘skaufali’ 603, melrakki Rask87ˣ
[2] skaufhali ‘Tassel-tail’: Ms. 603 consistently deletes the [h] in compounds whose second element is ‑hali ‘tail’. Rask87ˣ has melrakki ‘fox’ here, which is also possible but likely to be a lectio facilior. The words skaufhali (and skaufi) are also listed among the heiti for ‘fox’ in Þul Grýlu 1/2III and 1/4III.