Øx, járnsparða ok jarðhyrna,
skjáfa ok skeggja, skráma ok genja,
reginspǫnn, Gnepja, gýgr ok fála,
snaga ok búlda, barða ok vígglǫð,
þveita ok þenja; þá es arghyrna;
hon es øfst talið øxar heita.
Øx, járnsparða ok jarðhyrna, skjáfa ok skeggja, skráma ok genja, reginspǫnn, Gnepja, gýgr ok fála, snaga ok búlda, barða ok vígglǫð, þveita ok þenja; þá es arghyrna; hon es talið øfst heita øxar.
Axe, iron-axe and earth-horn, scraper and bearded one, skráma and gaper, mighty-span, Gnepja, ogress and troll-woman, spiked one and bulging one, whiskered one and battle-bright one, hewer and stretching one; then there is weak-horn; this is listed as the last of the names for axe.
[1] járnsparða: so Tˣ, jarðsparða R, C, jarðhyrna A, B
[1] járnsparða (f.) ‘iron-axe’: This cpd is not found elsewhere. Sparða is a kind of Irish axe (< OIr. sparth, a long-handed broad-bladed battle-axe), although the Old Irish word itself may be a loan from ON barða (Falk 1914b, 112; AEW: sparða). Cf. ModEngl. sparth (now obsolete).