Heiti and kennings for the head (hauss, kollr; 'the neck's burden', 'Heimdallr's sword') and its parts: eyes (sun, moon, gleam-stones), ears (the land of hearing), mouth (the tongue's house; in fresh figures a ship with the lips as gunwale and tongue as oar), teeth, tongue ('the sword of speech'), beard and hair.
Höfuð heitir á manni. Þat skal svá kenna at kalla erfiði háls eða byrði, land hjálms ok hattar ok heila, hárs ok brúna, svarðar, eyrna, augna, munns. Heimdallar sverð, ok er rétt at nefna hvert sverðsheiti, er vill, ok kenna við eitt hvert nafn Heimdallar. Höfuð heitir ókennt hauss, hjarni, kjannr, kollr. Augu heita sjón ok lit eða viðrlit, örmjót. Þau má svá kenna at kalla sól eða tungl, skjöldu ok gler eða gimsteina eða stein brá eða brúna, hvarma eða ennis. Eyru heita hlustir ok heyrn. Þau skal svá kenna at kalla land eða jarðarheitum nökkurum eða munn eða rás eða sjón eða augu heyrnarinnar, ef nýgervingar eru. Munn skal svá kenna at kalla land eða hús tungu eða tanna, orða eða góma, varra eða þvílíkt, ok ef nýgervingar eru, þá kalla menn munninn skip, en varrarnar borðit, tunga ræðit eða stýrit. Tennr eru stundum kallaðar grjót eða sker orða, munnr eða tunga. Tunga er oft kölluð sverð máls eða munns. Skegg heitir barð, grön eða kanpar, er stendr á vörrum. Hár heitir lá, haddr þat, er konr hafa. Skoft heitir hár. Hár er svá kennt at kalla skóg eða viðarheiti nökkuru, kenna til hauss eða hjarna eða höfuðs, en skegg kenna við höku eða kinnr eða kverkr.
The head (höfuð) is [so] called on a man. It shall be periphrased by calling it the toil or burden of the neck, the land of the helm and hat and brain, of the hair and brows, scalp, ears, eyes, mouth; Heimdallr's sword — and it is right to name any sword-heiti one wishes and periphrase it by any one name of Heimdallr. The head un-periphrased is called hauss, hjarni, kjannr, kollr. Eyes are called sjón and lit or viðrlit, örmjót. They may be periphrased by calling them sun or moon, shields and glass or gems or the stone of the brows or lashes, of the eyelids or forehead. Ears are called hlustir and heyrn [hearing]. They shall be periphrased by calling them land or by some earth-name, or the mouth or channel or sight or eyes of hearing, if fresh figures are used. The mouth shall be periphrased by calling it the land or house of the tongue or teeth, of words or gums, lips or the like; and if fresh figures, then men call the mouth a ship, the lips the gunwale, the tongue the oar or steering-oar. Teeth are sometimes called the stones or skerry of words, of the mouth or tongue. The tongue is often called the sword of speech or of the mouth. The beard is called barð, grön or kanpar [moustache] that stands on the lips. Hair is called lá; haddr is that which women have. Skoft means hair. Hair is periphrased by calling it forest or by some tree-name, periphrased by the skull or brain or head, and the beard by the chin or cheeks or throat.