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Snorri-Edda

Old Norse, ed. Faulkes, p. 63,1

Kona er selja gulls þess er hon gefr ok samheiti við selju er tré, sem fyrr er ritat at kona er kend við alls konar trjáheiti kvenkend.

English, tr. Brodeur, 1916, p. 177,1

woman is the Willow, or Dealer, of that gold which she gives; and the willow is a tree. Therefore, as is already shown, woman is periphrased with all manner of feminine tree-names:

Norwegian, tr. Holtsmark, p. 152,1

No Norwegian

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