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 I was first and last at the deadly fight There where Thjazi we caught."

Skathi spake: "Wert thou first and last at the deadly fight There where Thjazi was caught, From my dwellings and fields  shall ever come forth A counsel cold for thee."

Loki spake: "More lightly thou spakest with Laufey's son, When thou badst me come to thy bed; Such things must be known  if now we two Shall seek our sins to tell."

Then Sif came forward and poured mead for Loki in a crystal cup, and said:

53. "Hail too thee, Loki, and take thou here The crystal cup of old mead; For me at least,  alone of the gods, Blameless thou knowest to be."