--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Blanc Voden" <uoden@...> wrote:

> reyði is female noun: skinned and smoked trout.

No, the word is 'roeði'. We can tell it must have had this vowel from
the fact that it's used in this example as the long equivalent to 'ø'.
If you look at the text, you will see that the meaning is explained
immediately after the example: þat eru góðar árar "those are good oars".