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 Sveidi's Reindeer:


 * O Son of Sveinn strife-valiant,
 * Thou comest with Sveidi's Reindeer,
 * Long of seam, on the Seat of Sölsi;
 * The Sound-Deer from land glided.

So sang Hallvardr. Here the ship is also called Deer of the Sound; and the Sea is called Sölsi's Seat.

Thus sang Thórdr Sjáreksson:


 * The swift Steed of the Gunwale
 * Around Sigg veered from northward,
 * The gust shoved Gylfi's Stream's Mirth,
 * The Gull's Wake-Horse, to southward
 * Of Aumar, laying fleetly
 * Both Körmt and Agdir's coastline
 * Along the stern; by Listi
 * The Leek's Steed lightly bounded.

Here the ship is called Steed of the Gunwale; and the sea is Gylfi's Land; the sea is also called Gull's Wake. The ship is called Horse, and further, Horse of the Leek: for 'leek' means 'mast.'

And again, as Markús sang:


 * The Stream's Winterling waded
 * Stoutly the Firth-Snake's Snow-Heaps;
 * The Tusker of the Mast-Head
 * Leaped o'er the Whale's spurned House-Tops;
 * The Bear of the Flood strode forward
 * On the ancient paths of sea-ships;
 * The Stay's Bear, shower-breasting.
 * Broke the Reef's splashing Fetter.