hóf hugtúns
‘the temples of the mind-meadow’ = HEADS
the mind-meadow → BREAST
the temples of the BREAST → HEADS
gnapturn aldrs
‘jutting towers of life’ = HEADS
jutting towers of life. → HEADS
fold fjǫrnis
‘lands of the helmet’ = HEADS
lands of the helmet; → HEADS
háturn hjarna
‘high towers of the brain’ = HEADS
high towers of the brain → HEADS
haugr skarar
‘the burial-mounds of hair’ = HEADS
the burial-mounds of hair → HEADS
land fjǫrnis
‘the lands of the helmet’ = HEADS
the lands of the helmet. → HEADS
stallr fjǫrnis
‘the supports of the helmet’ = HEADS
the supports of the helmet; → HEADS
byggð hjarna
‘the settlements of brains’ = HEADS
the settlements of brains; → HEADS
borg heila
‘the strongholds of brains’ = HEADS
the strongholds of brains → HEADS
fjall skarar
‘the mountains of hair’ = HEADS
the mountains of hair → HEADS
land skarar
‘of the lands of hair’ = HEADS
the lands of hair, — → HEADS
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