Sága sveigar
‘the Sága of the headdress’ = WOMAN = Hallgerðr
the Sága of the headdress → WOMAN = Hallgerðr
Hildr setra hauka
‘Hildr of the abodes of hawks’ = WOMAN = Hallgerðr
the abodes of hawks, → ARMS
Hildr of ARMS → WOMAN = Hallgerðr
bjǫrk elda svanteigs
‘birch of the fires of the swan-meadow’ = WOMAN = Hallgerðr
the swan-meadow? → SEA
the fires of the SEA → GOLD
birch of the GOLD → WOMAN = Hallgerðr
þýð þǫll logs Þynjar
‘the kind fir of the flame of Þyn’ = WOMAN = Hallgerðr
the flame of Þyn → GOLD
the kind fir of the GOLD → WOMAN = Hallgerðr
skorða elda síka
‘prop of the fires of trenches’ = WOMAN = Hallgerðr
the fires of trenches, → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN = Hallgerðr
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