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 Of the gods and elves who are gathered here, Each one as thy lover has lain."

Freyja spake: "False is thy tongue, and soon shalt thou find That it sings thee an evil song; The gods are wroth,  and the goddesses all, And in grief shalt thou homeward go."

Loki spake: "Be silent, Freyja! thou foulest witch, And steeped full sore in sin; In the arms of thy brother  the bright gods caught thee When Freyja her wind set free."

Njorth spake: "Small ill does it work though a woman may have A lord or a lover or both; But a wonder it is  that this womanish god Comes hither, though babes he has borne."