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Thor spake:

[6]. “May we win, dost thou think, | this whirler of water?”

Tyr spake:

“Aye, friend, we can, | if cunning we are.”

[7]. Forward that day | with speed they fared,

From Asgarth came they | to Egil’s home;

The goats with horns | bedecked he guarded;

Then they sped to the hall | where Hymir dwelt.

[8]. The youth found his grandam, | that greatly he loathed, [[142]]