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.
[8] blæjuhvalr (m.) ‘nordcaper’: Lit. ‘covered whale’. This species is not mentioned in Kgs. Blæjuhvalr may denote a nordcaper or right whale (Balaena glacialis; cf. SnE 1998, II, 247). Alternatively, it may be the same as stökkull, a fabulous whale that hunts for seafarers (so Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4, I, 91; stökkull is also a bottlenose dolphin).