The translation of the many synonyms presents, of course, [[184]]unusual difficulties, particularly as many of the Norse words can be properly rendered in English only by more or less extended phrases. I have kept to the original meanings as closely as I could without utterly destroying the metrical structure.

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Alvis spake:

[1]. “Now shall the bride | my benches adorn,

And homeward haste forthwith;

Eager for wedlock | to all shall I seem,

Nor at home shall they rob me of rest.”

Thor spake:

[2]. “What, pray, art thou? | Why so pale round the nose?

By the dead hast thou lain of late?