Norðhvalr, búrhvalr, náhvalr ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr, hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Norðhvalr, búrhvalr, náhvalr ok leiptr, skeljungr, fiskreki ok skútuhvalr, sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr ok sandlægja, hrosshvalr, andhvalr, hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Greenland whale, sperm whale, narwhal and white-sided dolphin, humpback, fin whale and boat-whale, nordcaper, killer whale and sei whale, horse-whale, bottlenose, lesser rorqual and orca.
[2] leiptr: so all others, ‘leptr’ R
[2] leiptr (m.) ‘white-sided dolphin’: Lit. ‘lightning’. According to Nordgaard (1920, 107), this is a kind of a dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus or Lagenorhynchus albirostris) or a pilot whale (cf. SnE 1998, II, 344). See also Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 15), where it is mentioned along with the porpoise (hnísa).