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 Balder's brother did not tremble

Before the greedy fiend of men;

Mountains quaked and rocks broke;

The heavens were wrapped in flames.

Much did the giant

Get frightened, I learn,

When his bane man he saw

Ready to slay him.

Swiftly the gray shield flew

'Neath the heels of the giant.

So the gods willed it,

So willed it the valkyries.

Hrungner the giant,

Eager for slaughter,

Needed not long to wait for blows

From the valiant friend of the hammer.

The slayer of Bele's evil race

Made fall the bear of the loud-roaring mountain;

On his shield

Bite the dust

Must the giant

Before the sharp-edged hammer,

When the giant-crusher

Stood against the mighty Hrungner,

And the flint-stone

(So hard to break)

Of the friend of the troll-women

Into the skull did whiz

Of Jord's son,

And this flinty piece

Fast did stick

In Eindride's blood;

Until Orvandel's wife.

Magic songs singing,