Akr, ax, sæði, ǫgn, barr ok halmr,
áll, efstakné, eigin, skotblað,
blað, kné ok rót, bygg, rugr ok sáð,
korn, ginhafri, korki, barlak.
Akr, ax, sæði, ǫgn, barr ok halmr, áll, efstakné, eigin, skotblað, blað, kné ok rót, bygg, rugr ok sáð, korn, ginhafri, korki, barlak.
Crop, ear of corn, seed, chaff, barley and straw, sprout, uppermost member, shoot, shoot-blade, blade, knee and root, barley, rye and grain, corn, false-oats, korki and barlak.
[8] korki (m.): A hap. leg. Most likely a loanword, cf. Shetland korka ‘oats’ < OIr. coirce, corca ‘oats’ (Bugge 1865a, 92-4; ÍO: korki 1), or perhaps a foreign word, since there is no evidence that this word was ever used in Iceland (that applies to the next heiti in this line as well). However, according to LP: korki, this heiti may be related to New Norw. korkje ‘shield lichen’ (Parmelia saxatilis), a kind of lichen used as dye-stuff (cf. Aasen 2000: korkje).