Þul Øxar 1III/3 — skjáfa ‘scraper’
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.
readings
[3] skjáfa: ‘skiarua’ C
notes
[3] skjáfa (f.): The heiti is a hap. leg. This is an obscure word, and the reading skjáfa found in most of the mss, including the LaufE mss, may be corrupt. According to Falk (1914b, 115), the correct form of this heiti is stjarna f. ‘star’, because an axe of this name is mentioned in Sturlunga saga (Stu 1946, I, 433, 438). Falk’s view finds no support among other scholars. AEW: skjáfa suggests an emended form skafa (from the strong verb skafa ‘scrape’; if so, lit. ‘scraper’), whereas ÍO: skjáfa adopts the C variant skjarva (cf. OE sceorfan ‘bite’ and OHG scarbōn ‘cut’); hence ‘one that bites or gnaws, cutter’ (SnE 1998, II, 392).