Sǫx, stœðingar, sviptingr ok skaut,
spíkr, siglutré, saumr, lokstolpar,
laukr, siglutoppr, lína, eyru,
flaug, flaugarskegg ok farnagli.
Sǫx, stœðingar, sviptingr ok skaut, spíkr, siglutré, saumr, lokstolpar, laukr, siglutoppr, lína, eyru, flaug, flaugarskegg ok farnagli.
Bow-rails, braces, reef-point and sail’s corner, spike, mast-tree, nail, forecastle-supports, mast, mast-top, anchor-line, ears, flag, flag-beard and vessel-nail.
[1] stœðingar: so C, ‘stǫþing[…]’ R, ‘stodingar’ Tˣ, stæðingr A, B
[1] stœðingar (m. pl.) ‘braces’: Lit. ‘supports’. The name seems to refer to ropes which help support the mast on the windward side of the ship (Falk 1912, 60; SnE 1998, II, 405). Cf. ON aktaumar ‘braces’ (st. 10/3 below). The word is not otherwise found in poetry.