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All in the castle-garth his garment changèd he,

Then entered in the stone-built hall, the Giant-King to see.

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“Now welcome, little Loki, be thou right welcome here!

How fares the country round Hafsgaard, and the land that lies anear?”

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“Well fares the country round Hafsgaard, and the land that lies anear,

But Thord hath lost his hammer of gold, and therefore am I come here.”

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