And drink they sought | ere sated they were;

Twigs they shook, | and blood they tried:

Rich fare in Ægir’s | hall they found.

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[2]. The mountain-dweller | sat merry as boyhood,

But soon like a blinded | man he seemed;

The son of Ygg | gazed in his eyes:

“For the gods a feast | shalt thou forthwith get.”

[3]. The word-wielder toil | for the giant worked,

And so revenge | on the gods he sought;