leynisíkr lyngs
‘of the hiding fishes of the heather’ = SNAKES
the hiding fishes of the heather → SNAKES
ǫlunn fjalla
‘of fish of the mountains’ = SNAKES
fish of the mountains. → SNAKES
þeir lindi lands
‘those girdles of the land’ = SNAKES
Those girdles of the land → SNAKES
fásýnir frœknir baugr fróns
‘the rarely-seen ferocious rings of the earth’ = SNAKES
The rarely-seen ferocious rings of the earth → SNAKES
belti grundar
‘the belts of the ground’ = SNAKES
the belts of the ground → SNAKES
hœknir gyrðingr hauðrs
‘the vicious girdles of the earth’ = SNAKES
The vicious girdles of the earth → SNAKES
viðfiskr
‘wood fish’ = SNAKES
wood fish, → SNAKES
brúna taumr bráðhalls
‘bright reins of a rockface’ = SNAKES
bright reins of a rockface → SNAKES
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