hugstrǫnd
‘of the shore of thought’ = BREAST
the shore of thought. → BREAST
óðrann
‘poetry-house’ = BREAST
poetry-house, → BREAST
hjarta salr
‘heart’s hall’ = BREAST
heart’s hall, → BREAST
mælsku tún
‘field of eloquence’ = BREAST
field of eloquence, [and] → BREAST
hyggju tún
‘thought’s enclosure’ = BREAST
thought’s enclosure → BREAST
lyndis láð
‘mind’s land’ = BREAST
mind’s land → BREAST
mínu rann hugar
‘my house of thought’ = BREAST
my house of thought. → BREAST
hugarland mitt
‘my mind-land’ = BREAST
my mind-land → BREAST
kunnigr salr vizkunnar
‘the knowing hall of the intellect’ = BREAST
the knowing hall of the intellect → BREAST
garðr greina
‘the enclosure of wits’ = BREAST
the enclosure of wits, → BREAST
byggð samvizkunnar
‘the seat of conscience’ = BREAST
the seat of conscience → BREAST
óðborg
‘of the fortress of poetry’ = BREAST
the fortress of poetry → BREAST
borg hugar
‘the stronghold of the mind’ = BREAST
the stronghold of the mind; → BREAST
geðknǫrr
‘the mind-ship’ = BREAST
the mind-ship → BREAST
hins bjarta salr hjarta
‘of the bright chamber of the heart’ = BREAST
the bright chamber of the heart → BREAST
fjǫrrann
‘life-halls’ = BREASTS
life-halls → BREASTS
stígr sefa
‘along paths of the mind’ = CHESTS
along paths of the mind → CHESTS
tjald móðsefa
‘the tents of the mind’ = CHESTS
the tents of the mind → CHESTS
hugtún
‘of the mind-meadow’ = BREAST
the mind-meadow → BREAST
glæs geðveggr
‘of the clear mind-wall’ = BREAST
the clear mind-wall; → BREAST
eljunstrǫnd
‘the energy-shores’ = CHESTS
the energy-shores → CHESTS
vígsára borg vilja
‘the battle-wounded stronghold of the will’ = BREAST
the battle-wounded stronghold of the will; → BREAST
aldrklif
‘of the life-cliff’ = BREAST
the life-cliff; → BREAST
geðvangr
‘of the mind-meadow’ = BREAST
the mind-meadow → BREAST
aldrklif
‘of the life-cliff’ = BREAST
the life-cliff → BREAST
hugarsess
‘of the mind-seat’ = BREAST
the mind-seat → BREAST
byrði vilja
‘the ship of the will’ = BREAST
the ship of the will → BREAST
harða veggr knarrar hyggju
‘the hard walls of the ship of thought’ = CHESTS
the ship of thought, → HEART
the hard walls of the HEART → CHESTS
muntún hugar
‘the desire-enclosure of the mind’ = BREAST
The desire-enclosure of the mind → BREAST
hneggverǫld
‘my heart-world’ = BREAST
my heart-world; → BREAST
salr þindar
‘my hall of the diaphragm’ = BREAST
my hall of the diaphragm. → BREAST
alla verǫld móðfjalls
‘over the entire world of the mind-mountain’ = BREAST
the mind-mountain. → HEART
over the entire world of the HEART → BREAST
nǫkkvi bœnar
‘of the ship of prayer’ = BREAST
the ship of prayer, → BREAST
glæstum gollorheimr
‘the splendid home of the pericardium’ = BREAST
the splendid home of the pericardium → BREAST
gollorhǫll
‘halls of the pericardium’ = BREASTS
halls of the pericardium; → BREASTS
glaumberg
‘of the joy-cliff’ = BREAST
the joy-cliff → BREAST
geðrein
‘of the mind-land’ = BREAST
the mind-land → BREAST
ógnstǫð
‘of the terror-place’ = BREAST
the terror-place → BREAST
geðfjǫrðr
‘of the mind-fjord’ = BREAST
the mind-fjord → BREAST
sefrein
‘the mind-land’ = BREAST
the mind-land. → BREAST
munstrandar
‘of the mind-beach’ = BREAST
the mind-beach → BREAST
grunnr munar
‘the shallows of my mind’ = BREAST
the shallows of my mind → BREAST
hamr hlátra
‘covering of laughter’ = BREAST
covering of laughter; → BREAST
fylgsni hugar
‘the hiding-place of thought’ = BREAST
the hiding-place of thought. → BREAST
orðhóf
‘the word-sanctuary’ = BREAST
the word-sanctuary. → BREAST
hlátrelliði
‘of the laughter-ship’ = BREAST
the laughter-ship → BREAST
salr hjarta
‘the hall of my heart’ = BREAST
the hall of my heart. → BREAST
stígr hjarta
‘the path of the heart’ = BREAST
the path of the heart → BREAST
hugtún
‘in her mind-yard’ = BREAST
in her mind-yard, → BREAST
heimr sals dreyra
‘my home of the hall of gore’ = BREAST
the hall of gore, → HEART
my home of the HEART → BREAST
hugborg
‘in her heart-fortification’ = BREAST
in her heart-fortification; → BREAST
heimi hauklanda
‘the home of hawk-lands’ = BREAST
hawk-lands. → ARMS
the home of ARMS → BREAST
borg bragða
‘the stronghold of stratagems’ = BREAST
the stronghold of stratagems → BREAST
veggr minnis
‘of the walls of memory’ = BREAST
the walls of memory → BREAST
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