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Then comes to Hlin
Another woe,
When Odin goes
With the wolf to fight,
And Bele's bright slayer[1]
To contend with Surt.
There will fall
Frigg's beloved.
Odin's son goes
To fight with the wolf,
And Vidar goes on his way
To the wild beast.[2]
With his hand he thrusts
His sword to the heart
Of the giant's child,
And avenges his father.
Then goes the famous
Son[3] of Hlodyn
To fight with the serpent.
Though about to die,
He fears not the contest;
All men
Abandon their homesteads
When the warder of Midgard
In wrath slays the serpent.
The sun grows dark,
The earth sinks into the sea,
The bright stars
From heaven vanish;
Fire rages,
Heat blazes,
And high flames play
'Gainst heaven itself.[4]
