hæst hugborð
‘the highest mind-board’ = COURAGE
the highest mind-board → COURAGE
þinn góðan byr týs þursa
‘your good wind of the bondwoman of giants’ = THOUGHT
the bondwoman of giants, → GIANTESS
your good wind of GIANTESS → THOUGHT
yfrinn byr kvánar óls mána
‘an outstanding fair wind of the wife of the affliction of the moon’ = MIND
the affliction of the moon. → GIANT
the wife of the GIANT → GIANTESS
an outstanding fair wind of GIANTESS → MIND
góðum byr Gríðar
‘a good wind Gríðar’ = MIND
a good wind of Gríðr— → MIND
veðr járnsǫxu
‘His gale of járnsǫxu’ = MIND
His gale of Járnsaxa → MIND
geystu veðri gífrs
‘[their] troubled gale of the troll-woman’ = MIND
[their] troubled gale of the troll-woman, → MIND
sterkviðri herkju
‘a strong storm of herkja’ = THOUGHT
A strong storm of Herkja, → THOUGHT
blíðr glaumvindr Gríðar
‘a sweet pleasure-wind Gríðar’ = THOUGHT
a sweet pleasure-wind of Gríðr → THOUGHT
sollinn vind brúðar bergjarls
‘my swollen wind of the wife of the mountain-jarl’ = THOUGHT
the mountain-jarl → GIANT
the wife of the GIANT → GIANTESS
my swollen wind of GIANTESS → THOUGHT
fastan gust flagðs
‘my steadfast gust of the troll-woman’ = MIND
my steadfast gust of the troll-woman → MIND
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