vinr hrafnásar
‘the friend of the raven-god’ = Loki
the raven-god → Óðinn
the friend of ÓÐINN → Loki
mǫgr Fárbauta
‘the son of Fárbauti’ = Loki
the son of Fárbauti → Loki
djúphugaðr hirðitýr herfangs
‘the deep-minded retaining god of plunder’ = Loki
the deep-minded retaining god of plunder → Loki
farmr arma Sigvinjar
‘the cargo of the arms of Sigyn’ = Loki
the cargo of the arms of Sigyn, → Loki
faðir ulfs
‘the father of the wolf’ = Loki
the father of the wolf → Loki
of rúni Þórs
‘the confidant of Þórr’ = Loki
the confidant of Þórr → Loki
hund hrynsævar hræva ǫl-Gefn
‘the hound of the roaring sea of corpses of the ale-Gefn’ = Loki
the ale-Gefn → WOMAN = Iðunn
the hound of the roaring sea of corpses of the WOMANIÐUNN → Loki
leiðiþírr ǫl-Gefnar
‘the leading slave of ale-Gefn’ = Loki
ale-Gefn, → WOMAN = Iðunn
the leading slave of the WOMANIÐUNN → Loki
hugreynandi Hœnis
‘the thought-trier of Hœnir’ = Loki
the thought-trier of Hœnir, → Loki
bróðir Býleists
‘of the brother of Býleistr’ = Loki
the brother of Býleistr. → Loki
hrœrir sagna
‘the leader of the troops’ = Loki
the leader of the troops, → Loki
girðiþjófr Brísings
‘the girdle-thief of Brísingr’ = Loki
The girdle-thief of Brísingr → Loki
holls vinr Hœnis
‘of the loyal friend of Hœnir’ = Loki
the loyal friend of Hœnir → Loki
vinr Hœnis
‘the friend of Hœnir’ = Loki
the friend of Hœnir → Loki
firna slœgjan mǫgr Fárbauta
‘the amazingly cunning son of Fárbauti’ = Loki
the amazingly cunning son of Fárbauti → Loki
faðir lǫgseims
‘the father of the sea-thread’ = Loki
the sea-thread → Miðgarðsormr
The father of MIÐGARÐSORMR → Loki
vilgi tryggr geðreynir Gauts herþrumu
‘the by no means trustworthy mind-tester of the Gautr of host-thunder’ = Loki
host-thunder → BATTLE
the Gautr of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Þórr
The by no means trustworthy mind-tester of the WARRIORÞÓRR → Loki
farmr arma meinsvarri
‘the cargo of the arms of the harm-woman’ = Loki
the harm-woman → Angrboða
The cargo of the arms of ANGRBOÐA → Loki
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