hættinn happsœkjandi hreins branda
‘venturesome, fortunate attacker of the reindeer of stems’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Óláfr
the reindeer of stems, → SHIP
venturesome, fortunate attacker of the SHIP → SEA-WARRIOR = Óláfr
eyðandi Vals geima
‘the clearer of the Valr of the ocean’ = SEA-WARRIOR
the Valr of the ocean, → SHIP
the clearer of the SHIP → SEA-WARRIOR
skildir brands skeiðar
‘the shield-provider of the warship’s prow’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
the shield-provider of the warship’s prow → SEA-WARRIOR = Sveinn Álfífuson
Heita blakks hlýrskildir
‘prow-shield-provider of Heiti’s horse’ = SEA-WARRIOR
the prow of Heiti’s horse → SHIP
the shield-provider of the SHIP → SEA-WARRIOR
sœki-Þróttr sundfaxa
‘the attacking-Þróttr of the channel-horses’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Hákon jarl
the channel-horses → SHIPS
The attacking-Þróttr of SHIPS → SEA-WARRIOR = Hákon jarl
sœkialfr dýra Atals
‘the attacking elf of the animals of Atall <sea-king>’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
the animals of Atall <sea-king>; → SHIPS
the attacking elf of SHIPS → SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
þeim Beimi þrafna byrjar
‘that Beimi <sea-king> of the stave of the fair wind’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
the stave of the fair wind. → SHIP
that Beimi <sea-king> of the SHIP → SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
harðráðr hrjóðr ins bleika fáks bôru
‘the hard-ruling clearer of the pale horse of the wave’ = SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
the pale horse of the wave, → SHIP
The hard-ruling clearer of the SHIP → SEA-WARRIOR = Haraldr
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