Óðinshani, alka, ǫnd, hrossagaukr,
hrafn, hœns, himbrin, hryggjarstykki,
heri, hani, hœna ok hilduri,
úfr, valr, smyrill, ugla, skurfir.
Óðinshani, alka, ǫnd, hrossagaukr, hrafn, hœns, himbrin, hryggjarstykki, heri, hani, hœna ok hilduri, úfr, valr, smyrill, ugla, skurfir.
Red-necked phalarope, auk, duck, snipe, raven, poultry, great northern diver, hryggjarstykki, heri, rooster, hen and hilduri, eagle-owl, falcon, merlin, owl, skurfir.
[8] skurfir (m.): A hap. leg. It is not clear what kind of bird this is, but skurfir is perhaps related to skarfr ‘cormorant’ (ÍO: skurfir; see st. 3/6 below); if so, skurfir may mean ‘cormorant’, Phalacrocorax carbo (Bjarni Sæmundsson 1936, 503). In Skj B and Skald, the heiti is spelled skyrfir.