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Ground, as Hallvardr sang:

The broad Ground, 'neath the venom-cold Adder

Bound, lies subject to the Warrior

Of the Island-Fetter's heaped gold;

The Hone-Land's Lord the hoard dispenseth.

Haudr,^[1] as Einarr sang:

Brave heroes are defending

The hard Haudr of famous princes

With the sword; oft splits the helmet

Before the furious edge-storm.

Land, as Thórdr Kolbeinsson sang:

The Land, after the battle,

Was laid low from Veiga northward

To Agdir south, or farther:

Hard is song in conflict.

Fief, as Óttarr sang:

Thou, fierce War-Staff, maintainedst

The Fief despite two Monarchs

With heroes' kin. where the ravens

Starved not; keen-hearted art thou.^[2]

1. "Etymology not known" (Cl.-Vig., p. 241).
2. See pages 180, 181.