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 :The wolfish monster ordered
 * Meili's Sire to deal him
 * Food from the holy trencher:
 * The friend of Him of Ravens
 * To blow the fire was chosen;
 * The Giant-King, flesh-greedy,
 * Sank down, where the guileless
 * Craft-sparing gods were gathered.


 * The comely Lord of All Things
 * Commanded Loki swiftly
 * To part the bull's-meat, slaughtered
 * By Skadi's ringing bow-string,
 * Among the folk, but straightway
 * The cunning food-defiler
 * Of the Æsir filched-the quarters,
 * All four, from the broad table.


 * And the hungry Sire of Giants
 * Savagely ate the yoke-beast
 * From the oak-tree's sheltering branches,&mdash;
 * That was in ancient ages,&mdash;
 * Ere the wise-minded Loki,
 * Warder of war-spoil, smote him,
 * Boldest of foes of Earth-Folk,
 * With a pole betwixt the shoulders.