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He took the horn, and drank therefrom:

54. "Alone thou wert if truly thou wouldst All men so shyly shun; But one do I know  full well, methinks, Who had thee from Hlorrithi's arms,— (Loki the crafty in lies.)"

Beyla spake: "The mountains shake, and surely I think From his home comes Hlorrithi now; He will silence the man  who is slandering here Together both gods and men."

Loki spake: "Be silent, Beyla! thou art Byggvir's wife, And deep art thou steeped in sin; A greater shame  to the gods came ne'er, Befouled thou art with thy filth."

Then came Thor forth, and spake:

"Unmanly one, cease, or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;