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men jarðar = (literally) earth's necklace = (poetically) the sea
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festa kvæði = to fix a poem in the memory, to learn it by heart
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vára að = when the spring sets in, and the air gets mild
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halda hendi yfir = to hold a hand over someone, to protect someone
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draum ræsir = a dream proves true, the dream comes to pass
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jóreykr = the cloud of dust seen afar off above a body of horse riders
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læknishendr = 'leech hands,' healing hands; pains and sickness were believed to give way to the magical touch of a person gifted with such hands
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mikit eitt skala manni gefa = small gifts show great love
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Síðhöttr = 'Long-hood,' was a name of Odin from his travelling in disguise with a hood over his head
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bót = a cure, a remedy, mental as well as bodily, from sickness, loss, sorrow, etc.
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mart býr í þokunni = many things bide in the mist (a proverb)
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skuggabaldr = in popular tales a mysterious animal, a hybrid between a cat and a fox
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kvern: an eddy or whirlpool in a river is called kvern, agreeably to the legend popular among all ancient Teut. people of a wonder mill grinding salt at the bottom of the sea
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vakna með andfælum = of one suddenly awakening from a bad dream, or from being frightened when asleep
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allhvast á norðan = a very strong breeze from the north
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Vegalauss = (adjective) out of the way, lost in the woods
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búrdrífa = the 'larder-drift,' a popular legend that in the new year's night at a certain hour there falls a drift sweet as honey, filling all larders and covering all the ground; but, unless caught at the moment, it vanishes before morning.
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dagar uppi = day dawns upon one, in the tales, said of hobgoblins, dwarfs, and giants
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viðbit = whatever is eaten with bread, especially butter
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liggja óristinn = of one who lies down to rest without taking off their clothes
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fjörðr milli frænda, en vík milli vina = let there be a firth between kinsmen, but a creek between friends, denoting that kinship is not always so trustworthy as friendship
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þar er mér úlfs ván er ek eyru sé'k = I can guess the wolf when I see his ears
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