Introductory Note
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Bellows, Henry Adams
But one do I know | full well, methinks,
Who had thee from Hlorrithi’s arms,—
(Loki the crafty in lies.)”
Beyla spake:
55. “The mountains shake, | and surely I think
From his home comes Hlorrithi now;
He will silence the man | who is slandering here
Together both gods and men.”
Loki spake:
56. “Be silent, Beyla! | thou art Byggvir’s wife,
And deep art thou steeped in sin;
A greater shame | to the gods came ne’er,
Befouled thou art with thy filth.”
Then came Thor forth, and spake:
57. “Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer,
Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; [170]
Thy shoulder-cliff | shall I cleave from thy neck,
And so shall thy life be lost.”
Loki spake:
58. “Lo, in has come | the son of Earth:
Why threaten so loudly, Thor?
Less fierce thou shalt go | to fight with the wolf
When he swallows Sigfather up.”
Thor spake:
59. “Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer,
Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;
I shall hurl thee up | and out in the East,
Where men shall see thee no more.”
Loki spake:
60. “That thou hast fared | on the East-road forth
To men shouldst thou say no more; [171]
In the thumb of a glove | didst thou hide, thou great one,
And there forgot thou wast Thor.”
Thor spake:
61. “Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer,
Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;
My right hand shall smite thee | with Hrungnir’s slayer,
Till all thy bones are broken.”
Loki spake:
62. “A long time still | do I think to live,