[6] eyru (n. pl.) ‘ears’: According to Falk (1912, 80), this term denotes holes or pieces of wood with holes in them for ropes, in particular an upper part of a ship’s rib (see SnE 1998, II, 267; cf. ModIcel. stafnlokseyra, the arm of the wooden support, where it is nailed to the railing of the ship). As a nautical term, the word occurs only in the present þula.