Blies um hváfta hása
höfuðskrípamanns pípa.
Pípa höfuðskrípamanns blies um hása hváfta.
The lead minstrel’s flute blew across his hoarse cheeks.
[2] höfuðskrípamanns ‘the lead minstrel’s’: Hap. leg. but cf. skrípalôt ‘strange gestures’ (Máni Lv 2/4II), used of a minstrel who plays both a fiddle and a flute. In Máni’s stanza skríp- also rhymes with píp-, as here. ON skrípi means something monstrous or grotesque.