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 He called the shield Wheel of Hildr, and the ring the Nave of the Wheel.

Ring-Earth, as Hallvardr sang:


 * The Chief of ranks of Combat
 * Sees the red-gleaming Ring-Earth
 * Fly in two parts; the white disk,
 * The pictured, bursts in sunder.

It is also sung:


 * A ring befits the shield best;
 * Arrows befit the bow.

A sword is Odin's Fire, as Kormákr sang:


 * The fight swelled, when the Warrior,
 * The Wolf's blithe Feeder, in tumult
 * Fared with Odin's ringing Fire-Flame;
 * Urdr came forth from the Well.

Fire of the Helm, as Úlfr Uggason sang:


 * The very mighty Maiden
 * Of the Mountain made the Sea-Horse
 * Roll forward, but the Champions
 * Of Odin's Helm-Fire felled her Wolf-Steed.

Fire of the Birnie, as Glúmr Geirason sang:


 * At that the Land-Protector
 * Let the Birnie's Streaming Fire whine,
 * Hone-whetted, he who warded
 * Him strongly 'gainst the warriors.