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Fain to row on the sea was Veur, he said,
If the giant bold would give him bait.
Hymir spake:
18."Go to the herd, if thou hast it in mind,
Thou slayer of giants, thy bait to seek;
For there thou soon mayst find, methinks,
Bait from the oxen easy to get."
19.Swift to the wood the hero went,
Till before him an ox all black he found;
From the beast the slayer of giants broke
The fortress high of his double horns.
Hymir spake:
20."Thy works, methinks, are worse by far,
