[7] élskríns ‘of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN]’: Cf. veðrskrín ‘storm-shrine’ 8/6. The proper object of lauk upp ‘opened up’ (l. 5) is, of course, lífs höll ‘life’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN]’ (l. 8), but an associative transfer to the kenning’s base-word (skrín) may suggest that the Cross opens heaven just as a key opens a casket or shrine.