Soon pull up | on a single cast;

In the stern the kinsman | of Othin sat,

And Veur with cunning | his cast prepared.

[23]. The warder of men, | the worm’s destroyer,

Fixed on his hook | the head of the ox;

There gaped at the bait | the foe of the gods,

The girdler of all | the earth beneath.

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[24]. The venomous serpent | swiftly up

To the boat did Thor, | the bold one, pull;