Holt, hals ok fjǫll, hlíð ok leiti,
hóll, heiðr ok hvilpt, hváll ok brekka,
hró, dalr ok vǫllr, hvammr ok tunga,
mold, flag, rimi, mór, laut ok sandr.
Holt, hals ok fjǫll, hlíð ok leiti, hóll, heiðr ok hvilpt, hváll ok brekka, hró, dalr ok vǫllr, hvammr ok tunga, mold, flag, rimi, mór, laut ok sandr.
Grove, ridge and mountains, hillside and rise, knoll, heath and hollow, hillock and slope, mound, dale and field, coomb and tongue, mould, plain, low ridge, moor, depression and sand.
[5] hró (f.) ‘mound’: In Old Norse, this heiti is not found elsewhere, but cf. ModIcel. hró(n) ‘a small plot of dry land above water’. The word is possibly related to hrúga f. ‘heap’ (Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon 1950, 121; ÍO: hró 1). Alternatively, it may be connected with hrúðr m. ‘crust, scab’ (cf. Lat. crēscō ‘grow’; AEW: hró).