hǫtuðr verdags
‘the hater of the sea-day’ = GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
the sea-day → GOLD
The hater of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
fleinþollr
‘the spear-fir’ = WARRIOR = Merlin
the spear-fir → WARRIOR = Merlin
spillir bauga
‘the despoiler of rings’ = GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
the despoiler of rings → GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
hugspár Týr Hristar
‘the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist’ = WARRIOR = Merlin
the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist → WARRIOR = Merlin
bjóðr bragar
‘the offerer of poetry’ = POET = Merlin
the offerer of poetry, → POET = Merlin
spillir bauga
‘of the destroyer of rings’ = GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
the destroyer of rings. → GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
hvǫtuðr malmþings
‘the whetter of the metal-meeting’ = WARRIOR = Merlin
the metal-meeting → BATTLE
the whetter of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Merlin
folkstafr
‘of the people-stave’ = LEADER = Merlin
the people-stave. → LEADER = Merlin
snytrir aldar
‘the teacher of the people’ = PROPHET = Merlin
the teacher of the people → PROPHET = Merlin
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