[3] líns ‘of the maniple’: Lit. ‘of linen’. This is taken here as a synonym for handlín ‘maniple’ (so also Skj B). A maniple (Lat. manipula) is a strip of cloth worn by priests around the left arm during the service (see Fritzner: handlín). Kock’s attempt (NN §2800) to construe it as a determinant linns ‘of the snake’, which he regards as a synonym for ‘of gold’, is not persuasive.