gífr gunntjalds
‘of the troll-wife of the battle-tent’ = AXE
the battle-tent → SHIELD
the troll-wife of the SHIELD → AXE
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
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
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
hlífar flagð
‘of the troll-woman of the shield’ = AXE
the troll-woman of the shield → AXE
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