[7] gyltan kufl Högna ‘the gilded cowl of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [ARMOUR]’: Many kennings for both helmets and mail-coats are formed from base-words for some sort of clothing and the names of legendary warriors as determinants (Meissner 164-5). In this case, it is difficult to decide whether the referent is ‘mail-coat’ or ‘helmet’, though Meissner 165 opts for the former. The Hǫgni in question here is probably one of the protagonists of the Hjaðningavíg ‘the battle of Heðinn’s followers’, a legend alluded to in several stanzas of Krm.