hattarstallr
‘the hat-support’ = HEAD
the hat-support → HEAD
hjalmstallr
‘helmet-support’ = HEAD
helmet-support → HEAD
hjalmsetr
‘helmet-stand’ = HEAD
helmet-stand. → HEAD
hneigihlíð hárs
‘the inclined slopes of the hair’ = HEAD
the inclined slopes of the hair → HEAD
harðan stofn svarðar
‘the hard stump of the scalp’ = HEAD
the hard stump of the scalp → HEAD
grund munna
‘the ground of jaws’ = HEAD
the ground of jaws; → HEAD
fjall svarðar
‘the mountain of the scalp’ = HEAD
the mountain of the scalp. → HEAD
frœknu fjall skarar
‘his heroic mountain of hair’ = HEAD
his heroic mountain of hair; → HEAD
láð svarðar
‘the land of the scalp’ = HEAD
the land of the scalp → HEAD
bœr heila
‘of the farmstead of the brain’ = HEAD
the farmstead of the brain → HEAD
fylli hjálms
‘filling of the helmet’ = HEAD
filling of the helmet; → HEAD
hóf hugtúns
‘the temples of the mind-meadow’ = HEADS
the mind-meadow → BREAST
the temples of the BREAST → HEADS
gnapturn aldrs
‘jutting towers of life’ = HEADS
jutting towers of life. → HEADS
land svarðar
‘at the land of the scalp’ = HEAD
at the land of the scalp; → HEAD
klettr herða
‘the crag of the shoulders’ = HEAD
the crag of the shoulders, → HEAD
hlíð fjǫrnis
‘the slope of the helmet’ = HEAD
the slope of the helmet, → HEAD
klettr hjarna
‘his crag of the brain’ = HEAD
his crag of the brain → HEAD
grund heila
‘of the ground of the brain’ = HEAD
the ground of the brain → HEAD
fold fjǫrnis
‘lands of the helmet’ = HEADS
lands of the helmet; → HEADS
reitr fjǫrnis
‘land of the helmet’ = HEAD
land of the helmet; → HEAD
strǫnd svarðar
‘the beach of the scalp’ = HEAD
the beach of the scalp. → HEAD
hjalmstallr
‘the helmet-support’ = HEAD
the helmet-support → HEAD
háturn hjarna
‘high towers of the brain’ = HEADS
high towers of the brain → HEADS
haugr skarar
‘the burial-mounds of hair’ = HEADS
the burial-mounds of hair → HEADS
land fjǫrnis
‘the lands of the helmet’ = HEADS
the lands of the helmet. → HEADS
stallr fjǫrnis
‘the supports of the helmet’ = HEADS
the supports of the helmet; → HEADS
stræti hattar
‘the hood’s street’ = HEAD
the hood’s street → HEAD
trjóna farra
‘its weapon of the bull ’ = HEAD
its weapon of the bull → HEAD
borg breiðra brúna
‘the fortress of broad brows’ = HEAD
the fortress of broad brows → HEAD
grund brúna
‘of the land of the brows’ = HEAD
the land of the brows → HEAD
tún reikar
‘the homefields of the hair-parting’ = HEAD
the homefields of the hair-parting → HEAD
rǫð svarðar
‘of the ridge of the scalp’ = HEAD
the ridge of the scalp → HEAD
byggð hjarna
‘the settlements of brains’ = HEADS
the settlements of brains; → HEADS
borg heila
‘the strongholds of brains’ = HEADS
the strongholds of brains → HEADS
hjǫrr Heimdalls
‘the sword Heimdalls’ = HEAD
the sword of Heimdallr → HEAD
himinn reikar
‘the sky of the hair-parting’ = HEAD
the sky of the hair-parting → HEAD
grunnr hlusta
‘the ground of the ears’ = HEAD
the ground of the ears → HEAD
fjall skarar
‘the mountains of hair’ = HEADS
the mountains of hair → HEADS
tungls brásalr
‘eyelash-hall of the moon’ = HEAD
the moon of eyelashes → EYE
the hall of the EYE → HEAD
hjálmstofn
‘helmet-peg’ = HEAD
helmet-peg. → HEAD
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