Heiti eru handar: hrammr, dýr ok raukn,
greip, mund ok spǫnn, gaupn ok hreifi,
ulfliðr ok fingr, armr, leggr ok bógr,
lámr, hnefi, lófi, loppa, krumma.
Heiti handar eru: hrammr, dýr ok raukn, greip, mund ok spǫnn, gaupn ok hreifi, ulfliðr ok fingr, armr, leggr ok bógr, lámr, hnefi, lófi, loppa, krumma.
The names of the hand are: paw, beast and draught-animal, grip, hand and span, hollow of the hand and wrist, wrist and finger, arm, forearm and shoulder, paw, fist, palm, paw, claw.
[8] krumma (f.) ‘claw’: This word, which occurs quite often in saga literature, seems to mean ‘hand with bent or crooked fingers’. See Note to Gríml Lv 3/8VIII (GrL 5).