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[4] meðalkafla ‘of the sword-hilt’: The meðalkafli ‘middle piece’ was that part of the sword-hilt between the pommel and the guard (Fritzner: meðalkafli; Shetelig and Falk 1937, 380 n. 1; cf. HHundII 3/7; Þul Sverða 12/6).