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 Moreover, poesy is called Ship or Ale of the Dwarves: ale is líð, and lið is a word for ships; therefore it is held that it is for this reason that poesy is now called Ship of the Dwarves, even as this verse tells:


 * The wit of Gunnlöd's Liquor
 * In swelling wind-like fullness,
 * And the everlasting Dwarves' Ship
 * I own, to send the same road.

IV. "What figures should be employed to periphrase the name of Thor? Thus: one should call him Son of Odin and of Jörd, Father of Magni and Módi and Thrúdr, Husband of Sif, Stepfather of Ullr, Wielder and Possessor of Mjöllnir and of the Girdle of Strength, and of Bilskirnir; Defender of Ásgard and of Midgard, Adversary and Slayer of Giants and Troll-Women, Smiter of Hrungnir, of Geirrödr and of Thrívaldi, Master of Thjálfi and Röskva, Foe of the Midgard Serpent. Foster-father of Vingnir and Hlóra. So sang Bragi the Skald:


 * The line of Odin's Offspring
 * Lay not slack on the gunwale,
 * When the huge ocean-serpent
 * Uncoiled on the sea's bottom.

Thus sang Ölvir Cut-Nose-and-Crop-Ears:


 * The encircler of all regions
 * And Jörd's Son sought each other.