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Que éstos tuvieran una forma feroz o terrorífica, diseñados (como otras formas más primitivas de pintura de guerra) para espantar a los asaltantes (y así funcionar como salvavidas) se ve por el uso frecuente de grima para designar un trasgo, o espectro terrorífico.
That these were or might be of fierce or horrifying shape, designed (like more primitive war-paint) to frighten off assailants (and so act as life-guards) is shown by the frequent use of gríma for a bogey, or terrifying apparition.
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