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 He harms not maids nor the wives of men, And the bound from their fetters he frees."

Loki spake: "Be silent, Tyr! for between two men Friendship thou ne'er couldst fashion; Fain would I tell  how Fenrir once Thy right hand rent from thee."

Tyr spake: "My hand do I lack, but Hrothvitnir thou, And the loss brings longing to both; Ill fares the wolf  who shall ever await In fetters the fall of the gods."

Loki spake: "Be silent, Tyr! for a son with me Thy wife once chanced to win; Not a penny, methinks,  wast thou paid for the wrong, Nor wast righted an inch, poor wretch."

Freyr spake: "By the mouth of the river the wolf remains