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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.

1. A personification.
2. See page 179.
3. Cf. Goth. fairguni (= a mountain) and A.-S. fyrgen. A personification: Fjörgynn is father of Frigg and of Jörd (Earth).
4. Vargr; cf. A.-S. wearg, Ger. -würgen.