hausmjǫll
‘the skull’s powder-snow’ = HAIR
the skull’s powder-snow → HAIR
holt bœs heila
‘the forest of the farmstead of the brain’ = HAIR
the farmstead of the brain → HEAD
the forest of the HEAD → HAIR
svarðfestr
‘scalp-cords’ = HAIR
scalp-cords, → HAIR
svarðakr
‘scalp-field’ = HAIR
scalp-field. → HAIR
háþyrnir
‘of the hide-thorn-bush’ = HAIR
the hide-thorn-bush → HAIR
svarðar sef
‘of the rush of the scalp’ = HAIR
the rush of the scalp → HAIR
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