golfhǫlkvir
‘of the floor-steed’ = HOUSE
the floor-steed → HOUSE
íugtanni leygs
‘the bear of the flame’ = HOUSE
The bear of the flame → HOUSE
margreftum fletvargr
‘of the many-raftered bench-wolf’ = HOUSE
the many-raftered bench-wolf. → HOUSE
arinkjóll
‘the hearth-ship’ = HOUSE
the hearth-ship. → HOUSE
brandnór
‘the fire-ship’ = HOUSE
the fire-ship → HOUSE
timbrfastr nǫkkvi toptar
‘the timber-fast boat of the building plot’ = HOUSE
the timber-fast boat of the building plot, → HOUSE
vigg veggjar
‘the steed of the wall’ = HOUSE
the steed of the wall → HOUSE
fornan fótleggr fletbjarnar
‘the old leg of the bench-bear’ = PILLAR
the bench-bear. → HOUSE
the old leg of the HOUSE → PILLAR
fletbjǫrn
‘of the bench-bear’ = HOUSE
the bench-bear. → HOUSE
bekkbraut
‘of the bench-road’ = HOUSE
the bench-road → HOUSE
bjóð ótta birkis
‘of the tables of the terror of the birch tree’ = HEARTH STONE
the terror of the birch tree → FIRE
the tables of the FIRE → HEARTH STONE
lǫngum knǫrr legvers
‘the long ship of the lying-station’ = HOUSE
the lying-station → BED
the long ship of the BED → HOUSE
hyrketill
‘of the fire-cauldron’ = HOUSE
the fire-cauldron, → HOUSE
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