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 Flare, as Valgardr sang:


 * The sturdy king's bright Flare soared
 * Above the castle's bulwark;
 * The vikings burst in grimly:
 * Grief on the maid descended.

Lowe, as Haldórr sang:


 * There did ye share their jewels,
 * While o'er the host the Shield's Lowe,
 * The sword, shrieked fiercely: never
 * Wert thou spoiled of conquest.

LXII. "These are time-names: Cycle, Days of Yore, Generation, Lang-Syne, Year, Season, Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn, Month, Week, Day, Night, Morning, Eve, Twilight, Early, Soon, Late, Betimes, Day before Yesterday, Yester Eve, Yesterday, To-morrow, Hour, Moment. These are more names of Night in Alsvinnsmál:


 * Night 't is called among men,
 * And among the gods, Mist-Time;
 * Hooded Hour the Holy Powers know it;
 * Sorrowless the giants,
 * And elves name it Sleep-joy;
 * The dwarves call it Dream-Weaver.

["It is autumn from the equinox till the time when the sun sets three hours and a half after noon; then winter endures till the equinox; then it is spring till the moving-days; then