And gloves of steel his hands protect;

Miölner, a hammer vast, he bears,

When in the fight he stands erect.

That belt a tenfold power doth give,

When round his loins he girds it tight;

Nor doth the foe remain alive,

On whom his hammer haps to light.

Late vanquish’d by the Asar brave,

Excluded from the solar ray,

Bound in the mountain’s deepest cave,