And deep longing for thee was the cause of her fast.”

Thrymur now at what he heard

Chuckled joyful in his beard:

See him with enamour’d mien

Towards his consort’s bosom lean!

But Thor’s flashing eyes subdued

Soon the lover’s hardihood;

Quick the giant must retire

Aw’d by Aukthor’s look of fire.

Then said Lok, from the giant all fears to remove: