HLEKKR
nafnorðkarlkyn
m., gen. hlekks and hlekkjar, pl. hlekkir: [A. S. hlenca (thrice in Grein); Swed. länk; Dan. lænke; Engl. link]:—a link, a chain of links, Bs. i. 341; handur-hlekkr, a ‘hand-link,’ i. e. a bracelet, Edda (Ht.): freq. in mod. usage, járn-h., iron chains, fetters.