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 The asas met On Ida's plains; They altars raised And temples built; Furnaces they established, Precious things forged, Their strength they tried In many ways When making tongs And forming tools.

On the green they played In joyful mood, Nor knew at all The want of gold, Until there came Three giant maids Exceeding strong From Jotunheim.

Then all the powers Went to the throne, The holy gods, And held consult Who should of dwarfs The race then fashion From the livid bones And blood of the giant.

Modsogner, chief Of the dwarfish race, And Durin, too, Were then created; And like to men Dwarfs in the earth Were formed in numbers As Durin ordered.

And then there came Out of the ranks, Powerful and fair, Three asas home,