Women's heiti graded by station and temper: víf/brúðr (wife), sprund/svanni (proud, fine), snót (eloquent), drós (quiet), svarri (haughty), rýgr (mightiest), feima (shy), sæta/ekkja (absent/dead husband), mær (maiden), kerling (old). Kinship terms and the intimate beðja/rúna. Snorri notes that coarse terms of abuse for women exist but does not write them out.
Þessi eru kvenna heiti ókennd í skáldskap: Víf ok brúðr ok fljóð heita þær konr, er manni eru gefnar. Sprund ok svanni heita þær konr, er mjök fara með dramb ok skart. Snótir heita þær, er orðnæfrar eru. Drósir heita þær, er kyrrlátar eru, svarri ok svarkr þær, er mikillátar eru. Ristill er kölluð sú kona, er sköruglynd er. Rýgr heitir sú, er ríkust er. Feima er sú kölluð, er ófröm er, svá sem ungar meyjar eða þær konur, er ódjarfar eru. Sæta heitir sú kona, er búandi hennar er af landi farinn. Hæll er sá kona kölluð, er búandi hennar er veginn. Ekkja heitir sú, er búandi hennar varð sóttdauðr. Mær heitir fyrst hver, en kerlingar er gamlar eru. Eru enn þau kvenna heiti, er til lastmælis eru, ok má þau finna í kvæðum, þótt þat sé eigi ritat. Þær konur heita eljur, er einn mann eigu. Snör heitir sonarkván. Sværa heitir vers móðir. Heitir ok móðir, amma, þriðja edda. Eiða heitir móðir. Heitir ok dóttir ok barn, jóð. Heitir ok systir, dís, jóðdís. Kona er ok kölluð beðja, mála, rúna búanda síns, ok er þat viðrkenning.
These are the un-periphrased names of women in poetry: víf and brúðr and fljóð are those women given to a man [wives]. Sprund and svanni are those women who go much with pride and finery. Snótir are those who are word-clever [eloquent]. Drósir are those who are quiet, svarri and svarkr those who are haughty. Ristill is called the woman who is bold-minded. Rýgr means the one who is mightiest. Feima is called the shy one, like young maidens or timid women. Sæta means the woman whose husband has gone from the land. Hæll is called the woman whose husband is slain. Ekkja means the one whose husband died of sickness [widow]. Mær [maiden] is each one at first, but kerlingar [old women] those who are old. There are still those women's names that are for abuse, and they can be found in poems, though it is not written here. Those women are called eljur who share one man [co-wives]. Snör means a son's wife [daughter-in-law]. Sværa means a husband's mother [mother-in-law]. A mother is also called amma [grandmother], þriðja edda [great-grandmother]. Eiða means mother. A daughter is also called barn, jóð [child]. A sister is also called dís, jóðdís. A woman is also called beðja, mála, rúna of her husband [bedfellow, confidante], and that is a viðrkenning.