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.
[6] gýgr ok fála: gýgr fála Tˣ, ok gýgr fála A, B
[6] gýgr (f.) ‘ogress’: This heiti occurs as a base-word in kennings for ‘axe’ (see Note to [All] above), but it is never found in skaldic verse as a term for ‘axe’, although Gýgr (Rimmugýgr) is the name of Skarpheðinn’s axe in Nj (chs 92, 120, 145-6, ÍF 12, 233, 304, 403). Hence it cannot be excluded that it is a proper name in the present þula as well.