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[1, 3, 4] gekk á skotjǫrð heiðis ‘put themselves in the swaying earth of the hawk [HAND]’: An elaboration of the common expression ganga á hǫnd e-m, lit. ‘to go
into sby’s hand’, hence ‘to submit to sby’ or
(here) ‘to put oneself in sby’s hands’.