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322:. Forgotten Books.
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181:Hákonarmál
96:Hákonarmál
65:Grímnismál
38:Geirskǫgul
34:Geirskögul
651:Valkyries
429:Herfjötur
404:Brynhildr
383:Valkyries
163:Glymdrápa
42:valkyries
26:Old Norse
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605:Valhalla
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196:Theories
149:Kennings
109:Valhalla
76:kennings
530:Völuspá
338:Cassell
192:meter.
59:Völuspá
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479:Sigrún
419:Göndul
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504:Þrúðr
494:Sváfa
489:Skuld
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434:Herja
424:Gunnr
212:Notes
204:, if
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474:Róta
469:Mist
464:Kára
342:ISBN
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