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[9] á lykkju storðar ‘at the loop of the earth [SNAKE]’: Cf. kennings for the World Serpent, Miðgarðsormr in ÚlfrU Húsdr 3/4IIImen storðar ‘the necklace of the earth’ and Húsdr 4/1, 2IIIstirðþinull … storðar ‘stiff cord ... of the earth’.