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32. Of thy aid I had need, Thor! in retaining that maiden lily-fair.

33. I would have given it thee, if I had had the opportunity.

34. I would have trusted thee, my confidence if thou hadst not betrayed it.

35. I am not such a heel-chafer as an old leather shoe in spring.

36. What meanwhile didst thou, Thor?

37. The Berserkers' brides I on Læsso cudgeled; they the worst had perpetrated, the whole people had seduced.

38. Dastardly didst thou act, Thor! when thou didst cudgel women.

39. She-wolves they were, and scarcely women. They crushed my ship, which with props I had secured, with iron clubs threatened me, and drove away Thialfi. What meanwhile didst thou, Harbard?

40. I in the army was, which was hither sent, war-banners to raise, lances to redden. 68