[19]. On their road they fared | and an ill way found,

And their sister’s son | on a tree they saw,

On the wind-cold wolf-tree | west of the hall,

And cranes’-bait crawled; | none would care to linger.

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[20]. In the hall was din, | the men drank deep,

And the horses’ hoofs | could no one hear,

Till the warrior hardy | sounded his horn.

[21]. Men came and the tale | to Jormunrek told

How warriors helmed | without they beheld: