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 Billow, as Ottarr the Swarthy sang:


 * Ye shear with shaven rudder
 * Billows moisty-deep; the broad sheet,
 * Which girls spun, on the mast-head
 * With the Roller's Reindeer sported.

Foam-Fleck, as Ormr sang:


 * The hawk-like, heedful Lady
 * Has every virtue: Lofn
 * Of the Foam-Fleck's flame-gold, faithful
 * As a friend, all faults renounceth.

Wave-Borne, as Thorleikr the Fair sang:


 * The sea walls, and the Wave-Borne
 * Bears bright froth o'er the red wood,
 * Where gapes the Roller's Brown Ox,
 * With mouth gold-ornamented.

Shoal, as Einarr sang:


 * Nor met the Forward-Minded,
 * Where the fierce sea on our friends falls;
 * I think the Shoal becalmed not
 * The Ship, Wood of the Waters.

Fullness, as Refr sang: