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PROSE EDDA
Thus sang Eilífr:
- Wroth stood Röskva's Brother,
- And Magni's Sire wrought bravely:
- With terror Thor's staunch heart-stone
- Trembled not, nor Thjálfi's.
And thus sang Eysteinn Valdason:
- With glowing eyes Thrúdr's Father
- Glared at the sea-road's circler,
- Ere the fishes' watery dwelling
- Flowed in, the boat confounding.
Eysteinn sang further:
- Swiftly Sif's Husband bouned him
- To haste forth with the Giants
- For his hardy fishing:
- Well sing we Hrímnir's horn-stream.
Again he sang:
- The earth-fish tugged so fiercely
- That Ullr's Kinsman's clenched fists
- Were pulled out past the gunwale;
- The broad planks rent asunder.
Thus sang Bragi:
- The strong fiend's Terrifier
- In his right hand swung his hammer,
- When he saw the loathly sea-fish
- That all the lands confineth.
