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Stanza 109

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 109

1923
The day that followed, the frost-giants came,Some word of Hor to win,(And into the hall of Hor;)Of Bolverk they asked, were he back midst the gods,Or had Suttung slain him there?
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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