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Hand 
 
 
Hǫnd má kalla mund, arm, lám, hramm.  Á hendi heitir alnbogi, armleggr, úlfliðr, liðr, fingr, greip, hreifi, nagl, gómr, jaðarr, kvikva.  Hǫnd má kalla jǫrð vápna eða hlífa, við axlar ok ermar, lófa ok hreifa, gullhringa jǫrð ok vals ok hauks ok allra hans heita, ok í nýgjǫrvingum fót axlar, bognauð. 
LXXI. “The hand and fore-arm may be called hand, arm, paw, palm.  Parts of the arm are called elbow, upper arm, wolf’s joint, finger, grip, wrist, nail, finger-tip, hand-edge, quick.  [One may term the hand Earth of Weapons or of Defensive Armor; and together with shoulder and arm, the hollow of the hand and the wrist, it may, be called Earth of Gold Rings, of the Falcon and the Hawk, and of all the equivalents thereof; and in new-coined metaphors, Leg of the Shoulder-joint, and Force of the Bow. 
     
 
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