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They tell in old stories that one of the gods, whose name was Heimdall, went on his way along a certain seashore, and came to a dwelling, where he called himself Rig. According to these stories is the following poem:

[1]. Men say there went | by ways so green

Of old the god, | the aged and wise,

Mighty and strong | did Rig go striding.

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[2]. Forward he went | on the midmost way,

He came to a dwelling, | a door on its posts;