When lo, before his wondering eyes

Lay the dead bull of mountain size.

His hermit soul was nothing slow

The doer of the deed to know,

And thus the Vánar in a burst

Of wild tempestuous wrath he cursed:

“Ne'er let that Vánar wander here,

For, if he come, his death is near,

Whose impious hand with blood has dyed

The holy place where I abide,