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PROSE EDDA
King of Angels, as Eilífr sang again:
- The goodly might of God's friend
- Is better than men guess of;
- Yet the Gracious King of Angels
- Is dearer than all, and holier.
King of Jordan, as Sigvatr sang:
- Four angels the King of Jordan
- Sent long ago through aether
- To earthward; and the stream washed
- The holy head of the World's Lord.
King of Greeks, as Arnórr sang:
- I have lodged for the hero's ashes
- Prayers with the Lordly Warder
- Of Greeks and men of Gardar:
- Thus I pay my Prince for good gifts.
Thus sang Eilífr Kúlnasveinn:
- The Glory of Heaven praises
- Man's Prince: He is King of all things.
Here he called Christ, first, King of Men, and again, King of All. Eínarr Skúlason sang:
- He who compasseth, Bright in Mercy,
- All the world, and gently careth
- For all, caused the realm of Heaven
- To ope for the valiant ruler.
