dolgr grœðis vagna
‘the enemies of the sea of wagons’ = GIANTS
the sea of wagons → LAND
the enemies of the LAND → GIANTS
jǫfurr heiðar
‘of the chieftains of the heath’ = GIANTS
the chieftains of the heath; → GIANTS
jóð Aurnis
‘of Aurnir’s brood’ = GIANTS
Aurnir’s brood → GIANTS
flotnar forns Litar
‘of the followers of ancient Litr’ = GIANTS
the followers of ancient Litr. → GIANTS
byggjandi bjartra borða
‘the inhabitants of the bright hillsides’ = GIANTS
The inhabitants of the bright hillsides → GIANTS
vagna myrkbeins reinar Haka
‘of killer whales of the dark bone of the land of Haki’ = GIANTS
the land of Haki → SEA
the dark bone of the SEA → ROCK
killer whales of the ROCK → GIANTS
bǫlverðung Belja
‘of the evil-causing troop of Beli’ = GIANTS
the evil-causing troop of Beli → GIANTS
berg-Danr
‘of rock-danes’ = GIANTS
rock-Danes → GIANTS
Gautar hellis
‘of the Gautar of the cave’ = GIANTS
the Gautar of the cave → GIANTS
ætt Surts
‘of the family of Surtr’ = GIANTS
the family of Surtr. → GIANTS
lýðr landherðar
‘of the folk of the land-shoulder’ = GIANTS
the land-shoulder —, → ROCK
the folk of the ROCK → GIANTS
traustir mágr Miðjungs
‘the trusted kinsmen of Miðjungr’ = GIANTS
the trusted kinsmen of Miðjungr → GIANTS
band bergsalar
‘the deities of the rock-hall’ = GIANTS
the deities of the rock-hall → GIANTS
fjallbúi
‘the mountain dwellers’ = GIANTS
The mountain dwellers → GIANTS
hraunskjǫldungr
‘the rock-princes’ = GIANTS
the rock-princes → GIANTS
berg-Saxi
‘of the rock-saxons’ = GIANTS
the rock-Saxons. → GIANTS
berg-Mœrir
‘of the mountain-mœrir’ = GIANTS
the mountain-Mœrir → GIANTS
grjótǫld
‘of the rock-people’ = GIANTS
the rock-people; → GIANTS
aurgreppr Sýr fentǫnn
‘of the mud-men of the Sýr of fen-teeth’ = GIANTS
fen-teeth; → ROCKS
the mud-men of the Sýr of ROCKS → GIANTS
folk leggs fróns
‘of the peoples of the bone of the earth’ = GIANTS
the bone of the earth → ROCK
the peoples of the ROCK → GIANTS
goð flugstalla
‘of the gods of precipice-altars’ = GIANTS
precipice-altars → MOUNTAINS
the gods of MOUNTAINS → GIANTS
kind Hrímnis
‘of the offspring of Hrímnir’ = GIANTS
the offspring of Hrímnir → GIANTS
mágr sefgrímnis
‘of the in-laws of sefgrímnir’ = GIANTS
the in-laws of Sefgrímnir. → GIANTS
flesdrótt
‘the skerry-host’ = GIANTS
The skerry-host → GIANTS
drótt kolgu dolg-Svíþjóðar
‘of the host of the cold wave of the hostile Sweden’ = GIANTS
the cold wave of the hostile Sweden; → Gandvík
the host of GANDVÍK → GIANTS
ferð nesja
‘the troop of headlands’ = GIANTS
the troop of headlands → GIANTS
Danr útvés flóðrifs
‘the danes of the outlying sanctuary of the sea-rib’ = GIANTS
the sea-rib → STONE
the outlying sanctuary of the STONE → COAST
the Danes of the COAST → GIANTS
margir hǫlðr hǫrgs
‘many freeholders of the cairn’ = GIANTS
Many freeholders of the cairn → GIANTS
firar vamms stǫðvar glamma
‘of the disgraceful men of the place of wolves’ = GIANTS
the place of wolves → MOUNTAINS
the disgraceful men of MOUNTAINS → GIANTS
barn Þorns
‘of the children of Þorn’ = GIANTS
the children of Þorn → GIANTS
Hǫrðar barða
‘the hǫrðar of precipices’ = GIANTS
the Hǫrðar of precipices, → GIANTS
þjóð fjǫru
‘of the people of the shore’ = GIANTS
the people of the shore, → GIANTS
skyld-Breti skytju
‘the kin-Britons of the markswoman [= skaði]’ = GIANTS
the kin-Britons of the markswoman [= Skaði]. → GIANTS
ýtr svíra eskjunnar
‘men of the neck of the land’ = GIANTS
the neck of the land → RIDGE
men of the RIDGE → GIANTS
þróttarhersir Þornranns
‘of the strength-hersar of the house of Þorn’ = GIANTS
the house of Þorn; → CAVE
the strength-hersar of the CAVE → GIANTS
Kumrar hellis
‘of the cumbrians of the cave’ = GIANTS
the Cumbrians of the cave → GIANTS
hreinn gnípu
‘of the reindeer of the peak’ = GIANTS
the reindeer of the peak → GIANTS
kunnleggr kveldrunninna kvinna
‘of the family line of the evening-running women’ = GIANTS
the evening-running women → TROLL-WOMEN
the family line of the TROLL-WOMEN → GIANTS
niðr Glaums
‘the descendants of Glaumr’ = GIANTS
the descendants of Glaumr; → GIANTS
kalfr undirfjalfrs bliku alfheims
‘of the calves of the low hiding-place of the gleam of the elf-world’ = GIANTS
the gleam of the elf -world → SUN
the low hiding-place of the SUN → CAVE
the calves of the CAVE → GIANTS
Rygir Lista vallátrs
‘falcon-Rygir of the lair of Lista’ = GIANTS
the falcon-lair → ROCK
the Lista of the ROCK → MOUNTAINS
the Rygir of MOUNTAINS → GIANTS
ǫld Ellu steins
‘of the people of the Ælla of the stone’ = GIANTS
the Ælla of the stone, → GIANT
the people of the GIANT → GIANTS
Narfa niðr
‘of the kin of Narfi’ = GIANTS
the kin of Narfi — → GIANTS
niðr Þorns
‘the descendants of Þorn’ = GIANTS
the descendants of Þorn –, → GIANTS
Skotr Gandvíkr
‘the Scots of Gandvík’ = GIANTS
the Scots of Gandvík, → GIANTS
maðr legs mœrar fjarðeplis
‘the men of the lair of the land of the fjord-apple’ = GIANTS
the fjord -apple → STONE
the land of the STONE → MOUNTAINS
the lair of MOUNTAINS → CAVE
the men of the CAVE → GIANTS
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