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Hlödyn,[1] as Völu-Steinn sang:
- I remember how murky earth yawned
- With graven mouth for the Sender
- Of the Gold-Words of the Giant
- Of the hard bones of Green Hlödyn.
Country, as Úlfr Uggason sang:
- But the flashing-eyed stiff Edge-Rope
- Of the Earth stared past the gunwale
- At the Rowan-Tree of the Country
- Of Stone, the Giant-Tester.[2]
Fjörgyn,[3] as is said here:
- I was faithful to the free Payer
- Of the stream-bed of Fjörgyn's Serpent;
- May honor be closely guarded
- By the Giver of the Giant's Stream-gold.
LVII. "It is correct to periphrase blood or carrion in terms of the beast which is called Strangler,[4] by calling them his Meat and Drink; it is not correct to express them in terms of other beasts. The Strangler is also called Wolf.
As Thjódólfr sang:
- Enough guesting to the Ravener
- Was given, when the Son of Sigurdr
- Came from the North, the Wolf
- To lure from the wood to the wound.