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Fœtr má kalla tré ilja, rista, leista eða þvílíkt, renniflein brautar eða gǫngu, fets.  Má kalla fótinn tré eða stoð þessa.  Við skíð (109,1) ok skúa ok brœkr eru fœtr kendir.  Á fœti heitir lær, kné, kálfi, bein, leggr, rist, jarki, il, tá.  Við þetta alt má fótinn kenna ok kalla hann tré ok kallat er sigla ok rá fótrinn ok kent við þessa hluti. 
The legs may be called Tree of the Soles, of the Insteps, of the Ankles, or the like; Running Shaft of the Road or of the Way or the Pace;  one may call the leg Tree or Post of all these.  The legs are periphrased in metaphors of snowshoes, shoes, and breeks.]  The parts of the legs are called thigh, knee, calf, lower leg, upper leg, instep, arch, sole, toe;  [one may periphrase the leg in terms of all these, calling it Tree, Mast, and Yard thereof; and in metaphors of them all]. 
         
 
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