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Billow, as Ottarr the Swarthy sang:
- Ye shear with shaven rudder
- Billows moisty-deep; the broad sheet,
- Which girls spun, on the mast-head
- With the Roller's Reindeer sported.
Foam-Fleck, as Ormr sang:
- The hawk-like, heedful Lady
- Has every virtue: Lofn
- Of the Foam-Fleck's flame-gold, faithful
- As a friend, all faults renounceth.
Wave-Borne, as Thorleikr the Fair sang:
- The sea walls, and the Wave-Borne
- Bears bright froth o'er the red wood,
- Where gapes the Roller's Brown Ox,
- With mouth gold-ornamented.
Shoal, as Einarr sang:
- Nor met the Forward-Minded,
- Where the fierce sea on our friends falls;
- I think the Shoal becalmed not
- The Ship, Wood of the Waters.
Fullness, as Refr sang:
