Note to Gestumbl Heiðr 26VIII (Heiðr 73)
[4] hefir átta horn ‘it has eight horns’: If the solution is to be interpreted as ‘die’ (see Note to [All] above), this line puns on two meanings of horn, ‘horns’ and ‘corners’, referring to the eight corners on a six-faced die. It is less clear what this line would refer to if the solution is ‘playing piece’, although Murray (1978, 61) suggested the solution to be the hnefi or ‘king’-piece, with the eight ‘horns’ being the eight defending pieces on a 7x7 board.