Eykr með ennidúki
jarðhljótr día fjarðar
breyti, hún sás beinan
bindr; seið Yggr til Rindar.
Jarðhljótr, sás bindr beinan hún, eykr breyti fjarðar día með ennidúki; Yggr seið til Rindar.
The land-recipient [RULER], who secures the straight mast, honours the arranger of the fjord of the gods [POETRY > POET] with a headband; Yggr <= Óðinn> obtained Rindr <giantess> through sorcery.
[1] ‑dúki: ‘[…]ki’ U(26r)
[1] ennidúki ‘a headband’: Lit. ‘forehead-cloth’. Headbands of silk and wool with gold and silver ornamentation are known to have existed during the Viking Age; people wearing them may have had a specially exalted social rank or status (Hägg 2000, 619-20). The gift of such a headband to a skald probably had more than material importance: it could perhaps be interpreted as a sign of inclusion in a special rank in the court hierarchy. Cf. also Eskál Vell 13/1-3I, where Hákon jarl is referred to as the wearer of a silk headband.