mjǫll skokks
‘the snow of the bottom-board’ = SEA-SPRAY
the snow of the bottom-board → SEA-SPRAY
hverri glymbrúðr hafs
‘every roaring-bride of the ocean’ = WAVE
every roaring-bride of the ocean. → WAVE
marfjall
‘the sea-mountains’ = WAVES
the sea-mountains. → WAVES
élreifar dóttir Ægis
‘the storm-happy daughters of Ægir’ = WAVES
the storm-happy daughters of Ægir, → WAVES
dóttir Hlés
‘the daughters of Hlér <= Ægir>’ = WAVES
The daughters of Hlér <= Ægir> → WAVES
hríðfeld fjall svana
‘along the stormy mountains of swans’ = WAVES
along the stormy mountains of swans → WAVES
svanfjall
‘of swan-mountains’ = WAVES
swan-mountains → WAVES
raustljótar snót svanvengis
‘the ugly-voiced women of the swan-meadow’ = WAVES
the swan-meadow → SEA
The ugly-voiced women of the SEA → WAVES
fǫnn Heita
‘the snowdrifts of Heiti’ = WAVES
the snowdrifts of Heiti → WAVES
fǫnn fjarðlinna
‘through the snowdrifts of fjord-snakes’ = WAVES
fjord-snakes; → FISH
through the snowdrifts of the FISH → WAVES
gnípa húna
‘crags of mastheads’ = WAVES
crags of mastheads. → WAVES
fornar slóð hafskíða
‘the old tracks of ocean-skis’ = WAVES
ocean-skis; → SHIPS
the old tracks of SHIPS → WAVES
svanflaug
‘swan-flights’ = WAVES
swan-flights → WAVES
brekka svana
‘the hillside of swans’ = WAVE
the hillside of swans, → WAVE
fjall Fjǫrnis
‘the mountains of Fjǫrnir’ = WAVES
the mountains of Fjǫrnir, → WAVES
sægnípa
‘of the sea-peak’ = WAVE
the sea-peak → WAVE
garðr brims
‘the fence of the surf’ = WAVE
the fence of the surf. → WAVE
hlíð skipa
‘of the hillside of ships’ = WAVE
the hillside of ships → WAVE
Áta fagrstrykvins mars fǫnn
‘of the snowdrift of the brightly painted horse of Áti’ = WAVE
the brightly painted horse of Áti → SHIP
the snowdrift of the SHIP → WAVE
skafl bláfoldar
‘of the crest of the blue-land’ = WAVE
the blue- land; → SEA
the crest of the SEA → WAVE
brattir hamarr Haka blálands
‘the steep cliffs of Haki’s dark land’ = WAVES
Haki’s dark land → SEA
the steep cliffs of the SEA → WAVES
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