He will silence the man | who is slandering here

Together both gods and men.”

Loki spake:

[a]56]. “Be silent, Beyla! | thou art Byggvir’s wife,

And deep art thou steeped in sin;

A greater shame | to the gods came ne’er,

Befouled thou art with thy filth.”

Then came Thor forth, and spake:

[57]. “Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer,

Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; [[170]]