[T]his matter of the vanishing bridge must have been arranged in order to put him in a properly subdued and tractable frame of mind.

The spar snapping under them in the slings, as they sought, with heavers, to beat down the icy sail. (Herman Melville, Benito Cereno, 1856)

I have abused thy favours in the misexpending of my precious time, and have taken no delight in thy Sabbaths.

If we now move to the second helmingr, Kock tries to unscramble the two kenningar[…], but this is over-zealous, since there are ample parallels for such braiding of kenning elements. Finnbogi interprets the kenning 'ǫrbeiðanda bǫðvar jǫkla' contextually, to mean 'the one who provoked the warrior into drawing his sword' (Orkneyinga saga, 202).