Skal ek trollkvenna telja heiti:
Gríðr ok Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja,
Glumra, Geitla, Gríma ok Bakrauf,
Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna.
Ek skal telja heiti trollkvenna: Gríðr ok Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja, Glumra, Geitla, Gríma ok Bakrauf, Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna.
I shall enumerate the names of troll-women: Gríðr and Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja, Glumra, Geitla, Gríma and Bakrauf, Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna.
[6] Bakrauf: ‘b[…]ro᷎f’ B, ‘bakro᷎f’ 744ˣ
[6] Bakrauf: This name is not attested elsewhere. Possibly ‘one with a torn back’, from rauf f. ‘rift, hole’ (cf. the weak verb raufa ‘break up, open’) (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304-5). Motz (1981, 503) translates it as ‘anus’.