bjarga byrgi
‘of the refuge of crags’ = CAVE
the refuge of crags → CAVE
fjalfr ólágra gjalfra
‘of the hiding-place of not low roaring waters’ = CAVE
the hiding-place of not low roaring waters → CAVE
salr Fals brautar fannar
‘of the hall of the Falr of the path of the snow-drift’ = CAVE
the path of the snow-drift, → MOUNTAINS
the Falr of MOUNTAINS → GIANT = Suttungr
the hall of the GIANTSUTTUNGR → CAVE
Þornrann
‘of the house of Þorn’ = CAVE
the house of Þorn; → CAVE
undirfjalfr bliku alfheims
‘of the low hiding-place of the gleam of the elf-world’ = CAVE
the gleam of the elf -world → SUN
the low hiding-place of the SUN → CAVE
leg mœrar fjarðeplis
‘of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple’ = CAVE
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
vallbingr
‘the turf-bed’ = CAVE
the turf-bed → CAVE
rimketil
‘a river-cauldron’ = CAVE
a river-cauldron → CAVE
salr fjalla
‘the hall of the mountains’ = CAVE
the hall of the mountains. → CAVE
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