Must be sworn the marriage vow:[101]
Now by Miölner’s iron bright
Mutual faith and troth we’ll plight.”
Scarce was utter’d the order, when in came a troop
Of dwarfs bearing Miölner; and oft must they stoop:
Scarce sufficient were they, though their number was great.
And they gasp and they groan under Miölner’s vast weight.
When the Asa held at last
In his hands the hammer fast,
Pleas’d was he its nib to view