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Flare, as Valgardr sang:
- The sturdy king's bright Flare soared
- Above the castle's bulwark;
- The vikings burst in grimly:
- Grief on the maid descended.
Lowe, as Haldórr sang:
- There did ye share their jewels,
- While o'er the host the Shield's Lowe,
- The sword, shrieked fiercely: never
- Wert thou spoiled of conquest.
LXII. "These are time-names: Cycle, Days of Yore, Generation, Lang-Syne, Year, Season, Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn, Month, Week, Day, Night, Morning, Eve, Twilight, Early, Soon, Late, Betimes, Day before Yesterday, Yester Eve, Yesterday, To-morrow, Hour, Moment. These are more names of Night in Alsvinnsmál:
- Night 't is called among men,
- And among the gods, Mist-Time;
- Hooded Hour the Holy Powers know it;
- Sorrowless the giants,
- And elves name it Sleep-joy;
- The dwarves call it Dream-Weaver.
["It is autumn from the equinox till the time when the sun sets three hours and a half after noon; then winter endures till the equinox; then it is spring till the moving-days;[1] then
- ↑ In May.
