His soddenness after being caught in the downpour argued against going out until he had dried out.

I'm doing p good, how are you?

I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies

[A]s we are all aware, the Skalds used all sorts of kennings from Jewels, Gold, Silver, &c., to betoken Women, &c. Gold is called The Sea's Blink (Blik), and so on, and a female is Gold's Mistress, The Goddess of the Golden Jewel, and so forth.