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.
[8] barða (f.) ‘whiskered one’: This heiti is probably semantically similar to skeggja ‘bearded one’ (l. 3 above) or skeggøx ‘bearded axe’ and, if so, derived from barð n. ‘beard’. Alternatively, it may be a loanword (< MLG barde ‘axe’, cf. OS barda, OHG barta; see Falk 1914b, 109-10). The word is otherwise not attested in Old Norse.