[8] húnspænir (m. pl.) ‘crow’s nest’: Flat pieces of wood (sg. spánn), often gilded (Falk 1912, 59), which were nailed around the masthead (húnn, st. 7/1 above) to strengthen the place where the sail-yard was fastened (see also Fritzner: húnspánn). The word occurs only in the present þula.
References
- Bibliography
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1912. Altnordisches Seewesen. Wörter und Sachen 4. Heidelberg: Winter.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.