Rá, rakki, rif, rengr ok hǫmlur,
vindáss, vengi, vǫndr, langnefjur,
vǫlt, beitiáss, varta, brandar,
bitar, bóglína, bulkastokkar.
Rá, rakki, rif, rengr ok hǫmlur, vindáss, vengi, vǫndr, langnefjur, vǫlt, beitiáss, varta, brandar, bitar, bóglína, bulkastokkar.
Yard, parrel, reef, ribs and oar-loops, windlass, cabin, wand, rowlock-pins, roller, tacking-boom, prow-carving, bows, transoms, bowline, bulk-heads.
[6] brandar (m. pl.) ‘bows’: Brandr occurs quite often in poetry as a pars pro toto for ‘bow’ or ‘ship’ (Jesch 2001a, 147-8; LP: 3. brandr). According to Falk (1912, 44-5), brandar were the strips of wood running along the side of the prow (and stern). These strips could be carved, ornamented or gilded.