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 :The Arm-Burden then of Sigyn,
 * Whom all the gods in bonds see,
 * Firmly forthwith was fastened
 * To the Fosterer of Skadi;
 * To Jötunheim's Strong Dweller
 * The pole stuck, and the fingers
 * Of Loki too, companion
 * Of Hœnir, clung to the pole's end.


 * The Bird of Blood flew upward
 * (Blithesome in his quarry)
 * A long way off with Loki,
 * The lither God, that almost
 * Wolf's Sire was rent asunder;
 * Thor's friend must sue for mercy,
 * Such peace as he might purchase
 * To pray: nigh slain was Loptr.


 * Then Hymir's Kinsman ordered
 * The crafty god, pain-maddened,
 * To wile to him the Maiden
 * Who warded the Æsir's age-cure;
 * Ere long the necklace-robber,
 * Brísinga's thief, lured slyly
 * The Dame of Brunnakr's brooklet
 * Into the Base One's dwelling.


 * At that the steep slope-dwellers
 * No sorrow felt; then Idunn
 * Was from the south, by giants
 * New-stolen, come among them.
 * All Ingvi-Freyr's high kindred,
 * Hoary and old, to council