[6] fletbalkar ‘of the house-partition’: This unique cpd functions as the base-word of an embedded shield-kenning. There are further examples of bǫlkr ‘partition’ or veggr ‘wall’ in this role (Meissner 170) and of shield-kennings with ship terms as determinants (Meissner 175-6). Flet denotes the floor of a building (Fritzner: flet) or a raised platform running along a wall and hence, especially in the pl., a house (LP: flet). Skj B emends to flat- ‘flat’.