Hǫfuðbaðm,
þars heiðsæi,
á Fjǫrnis
fjǫllum, drýgði.
… hǫfuðbaðm á fjǫllum Fjǫrnis, þars drýgði heiðsæi.
… chief kinsman on the mountains of Fjǫrnir <sea-king> [WAVES], where he showed his reverence.
[1] Hǫfuð‑: ‘[…]ofuð’ W
[1] hǫfuðbaðm ‘chief kinsman’: Lit. ‘head-tree’, acc. sg. of hǫfuðbaðmr. Þul Manna 8/8 lists the word among terms for family relations (for an explanation, see Note there). It probably refers to the closest relative on the father’s side (LP: hǫfuðbaðmr); cf. Egill Arkv 18/1, 2V (Eg 114) and Egill Aðdr 1/3-4V (Eg 21). The first letter of the cpd is now only partly legible in W, but the <H> is confirmed by 761bˣ as well as by the h-alliteration.