geirvíf
‘of spear-women’ = VALKYRIES
spear-women, → VALKYRIES
dís hlýrna mans Högna
‘the dísir of the sun and moon of Hǫgni’s girl’ = VALKYRIES
Hǫgni’s girl → Hildr
the sun and moon of HILDR → SHIELDS
the dísir of SHIELDS → VALKYRIES
Svǫlnis Vár
‘of Svǫlnir’s Várs’ = VALKYRIES
Svǫlnir’s Várs → VALKYRIES
mær Viðris
‘of Viðrir’s maidens’ = VALKYRIES
Viðrir’s maidens. → VALKYRIES
sigrmær
‘the victory-maidens’ = VALKYRIES
the victory-maidens → VALKYRIES
fleiri tróða grjóts Hjaðninga
‘other poles of the stones of the Hjaðningar’ = VALKYRIES
the stones of the Hjaðningar. → CORPSES
other poles of CORPSES → VALKYRIES
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