Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr,
búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa, hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar, reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr, búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
Buck-whale, minke whale and sea-fumer, porpoise, hafstrambr and long-finned pilot whales, rorqual, rorqual-calf and red-crest, sperm whale, walrus and nordcaper.
[1] Hafrhvalr geirhvalr: ‘[…]afrhu[…] g[…]r […]lr’ B, ‘Hafrhualr geirhualr’ 744ˣ
[1] geirhvalr (m.) ‘minke whale’: Lit. ‘spear-whale’. This species of whale is mentioned in Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 15), where it is said to have spots (ON fleckar), hence, most likely a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Alternatively, geirhvalr may be the same as geirreyðr ‘sei whale’ (see Nordgaard 1920, 109).