hundfornan kjǫlr hlátrelliða
‘the age-old keel of the laughter-ship’ = BACK
the laughter-ship → BREAST
the age-old keel of the BREAST → BACK
ræfrhvössu ranni bensævar
‘the sharp-roofed house of the wound-sea’ = BACK
the wound-sea. → BLOOD
the sharp-roofed house of the BLOOD → BACK
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