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 :The hostile folk of sea-heights
 * Fled before the Oppressor
 * Of headland tribes; the dalesmen
 * Of the hill-tops, imperilled,
 * Fled, when Odin's kindred
 * Stood, enduring staunchly;
 * The Danes of the flood-reef's border
 * Bowed down to the Flame-Shaker.


 * Where the chiefs, with thoughts of valor
 * Imbued, marched into Thorn's house,
 * A mighty crash resounded
 * Of the cave's ring-wall; the slayer
 * Of the mountain-reindeer-people
 * On the giant-maiden's wide hood
 * Was brought in bitter peril:
 * There was baleful peace-talk.


 * And they pressed the high head, bearing
 * The piercing brow-moon's eye-flame
 * Against the hill-hall's rafters;
 * On the high roof-tree broken
 * He crushed those raging women:
 * The swinging Storm-car's Guider
 * Burst the stout, ancient back-ridge
 * And breast-bones of both women.