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.
[8] hrafnreyðr (m.) ‘lesser rorqual’: Lit. ‘raven-whale’. This species is described in Halldór Hermansson (1924, 10) and may be the same as hrafnhvalr ‘sei whale’ (a type of rorqual) mentioned in Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 15), also called hrefna. See Note to l. 6 above.