Oddr, blóðvarta ok benknúar,
blóðrefill, blóðvarp ok blóðiða,
blóðvaka, ljúgfengr ok blóðhnefi,
iðvarp ok brandr, eggteinar, folk.
Oddr, blóðvarta ok benknúar, blóðrefill, blóðvarp ok blóðiða, blóðvaka, ljúgfengr ok blóðhnefi, iðvarp ok brandr, eggteinar, folk.
Point, blóðvarta and wound-knuckles, sword-point, blood-warp and blood-eddy, blood-wake, fail-striking one and blood-fist, repeated-warp and blade, edge-rims, army.
[7] ‑varp: so C, A, B, ‑hvarf R, ‘‑þuarr’ Tˣ
[7] iðvarp (n.) ‘repeated-warp’: So A, B, C; a cpd not attested elsewhere. The first element in this cpd, ið-, is an intensifying particle (= Lat. re-) mostly used in poetic compounds; for ‑varp, see Note to blóðvarp ‘blood-warp’ (l. 3 above). This variant is preferred by Falk (1914b, 20), Skj B and Skald. Ms. R has iðhvarf n. ‘repeated-turn’ (adopted in SnE 1998, II, 328). Both words possibly refer to the patterning on a sword-blade.