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 :'Hardy was Hrungnir,
 * And his father;
 * Yet was Thjazi
 * Than they more mighty:
 * Idi and Aurnir
 * Of us twain are kinsmen,&mdash;
 * Brothers of Hill-Giants,
 * Of them were we born.


 * 'Grótti had not come
 * From the gray mountain,
 * Nor the hard boulder
 * From the earth's bosom,
 * Nor thus would grind
 * The Hill-Giants' maiden,
 * If any had known
 * The news of her.


 * 'We nine winters
 * Were playmates together,
 * Mighty of stature,
 * 'Neath the earth's surface,
 * The maids had part
 * In mighty works:
 * Ourselves we moved
 * Mighty rocks from their place.


 * 'We rolled the rock
 * O'er the Giants' roof-stead,
 * So that the ground,
 * Quaking, gave before us;