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[5] aurborð (n.) ‘sand-strake’: The second plank from the keel, i.e. the plank or strake that rested on sand when a ship was pulled ashore (Falk 1912, 52; Jesch 2001a, 141). See also Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 54/2.