brynflagð
‘of the trolls of the mailcoat’ = AXES
the trolls of the mailcoat → AXES
gífr gunntjalds
‘of the troll-wife of the battle-tent’ = AXE
the battle-tent → SHIELD
the troll-wife of the SHIELD → AXE
gandreið grænna skjalda
‘the riding troll-women of green shields’ = AXES
the riding troll-women of green shields → AXES
Hveðra brynju
‘of the Hveðra of the mail-coat’ = AXE
the Hveðra of the mail-coat. → AXE
gífr sóknar
‘the troll-woman of battle’ = AXE
the troll-woman of battle → AXE
rýgr rógskýja
‘of the troll-woman of strife-clouds’ = AXE
strife-clouds → SHIELDS
the troll-woman of SHIELDS → AXE
vargr unda
‘of the wolf of wounds’ = AXE
the wolf of wounds → AXE
galkn hlífa
‘monsters of shields’ = AXES
Monsters of shields → AXES
nausta blakks hlémána gífr
‘of the troll-woman of the shielding moon of the horse of boathouses’ = AXE
the horse of boathouses → SHIP
the shielding moon of the SHIP → SHIELD
the troll-woman of the SHIELD → AXE
norn skjaldar
‘the norn of the shield’ = AXE
The norn of the shield → AXE
blóðeisa
‘of the blood-ember’ = AXE
the blood-ember; → AXE
brá Gríðar fjǫrnis
‘the eyelash of the Gríðr of the helmet’ = AXE-BLADE
the Gríðr of the helmet, → AXE
the eyelash of the AXE → AXE-BLADE
Gríðr fjǫrnis
‘of the Gríðr of the helmet’ = AXE
the Gríðr of the helmet, → AXE
dýra hála hlýrsólar
‘a precious troll-woman of the prow-sun’ = AXE
the prow-sun; → SHIELD
a precious troll-woman of the SHIELD → AXE
Hrund hræpolls
‘the Hrund of the carrion-pool’ = AXE
the carrion-pool, → BLOOD
the Hrund of the BLOOD → AXE
brynflagð
‘of the byrnie-troll-woman’ = AXE
the byrnie-troll-woman → AXE
fála fjǫrnis
‘the giantess of the helmet’ = AXE
the giantess of the helmet, → AXE
þunn galkn hauðrs Þriðja
‘slender monsters of the land of Þriði’ = AXES
the land of Þriði → SHIELD
slender monsters of the SHIELD → AXES
hlífar flagð
‘of the troll-woman of the shield’ = AXE
the troll-woman of the shield → AXE
hjalmskass
‘of helmet-ogresses’ = AXES
helmet-ogresses → AXES
ben-Gríðr
‘the wound-Gríðr’ = AXE = Rimmugýgr
the wound-Gríðr, → AXE = Rimmugýgr
nafna vand-Gjálpar
‘the namesake of the wand-Gjálp’ = AXE = Rimmugýgr
the namesake of the wand-Gjálp → AXE = Rimmugýgr
ýgs undvargr
‘of the fierce wound-wolf’ = AXE
the fierce wound-wolf; → AXE
deiga kǫr sveigar
‘a soft sickbed of the tree-branch’ = AXE
a soft sickbed of the tree-branch; → AXE
gífr hræva
‘of the troll-woman of corpses’ = AXE
the troll-woman of corpses → AXE
gyðja randar
‘the priestess of the shield-rim’ = AXE
The priestess of the shield-rim → AXE
flagð hlífar
‘of the shield’s troll-women’ = AXES
the shield’s troll-women → AXES
skjaldar él-þrima
‘storm-Þrima of the shield’ = AXE
the storm of the shield; → BATTLE
the Þrima of the BATTLE → AXE
gýgr galdrs
‘the troll-woman of incantation [battle]’ = AXE
the troll-woman of incantation [battle]. → AXE
Gjǫlp snerru
‘of the Gjálp of onslaught’ = AXE
the Gjálp of onslaught → AXE
bæði hlýr skóðs benja
‘both cheeks of the harmful implement of wounds’ = AXE-BLADE
the harmful implement of wounds → AXE
both cheeks of the AXE → AXE-BLADE
skóðs benja
‘of the harmful implement of wounds’ = AXE
the harmful implement of wounds → AXE
fákund flug-vǫrna meginunda
‘the little-friendly flight-vörna of great wounds’ = AXE
The little-friendly flight-Vörna of great wounds, → AXE
Gríðr hjálma
‘the Gríðr of helmets’ = AXE
the Gríðr of helmets, → AXE
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