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Thor and the Giant Thrym.
THOR'S HAMIMIER LOST AND RECAPTURED.
Translaled fromz lthe Eider Edda,
BY PROFESSOR R. B. ANDERSON'.
Wrathful was Vingthor *
When he awaked,
And his hammer did miss.
His beard shook,
His hair trembled,
The son of earth
Looked around him.
Thus first of all
Did he speak:
Alark thou now, Loke, t
What I sayWhat no one knows,
Either on earth
Or in high heaven -
The hammer is stolen.
Went they to Freyja's
Fair dwelling.
There in these words
Thor first spoke:
Wilt thou, Freyja, lend
MAle thy feather-guise,
That I my hammer
Aljolner may fetch?
FREYJA.
I give it thee gladly,
Though it were of goldI would straightway give it,
Though it were of silver.
Flew then LokeThe feather-guise whizzedOut he flew
From home of gods,
In he flew
To home of giants.
On the hill sat Thrym,
The king of giantsTwisted gold bands
For his dogs,
Smoothed at leisure
The manes of his horses.
THRYlM.
How fare the gods?
How fare the elves?
Why comest thou alone
To Jotunheim? ~
LOKE.
Ill fare the gods,
Ill fare the elves.
Hast thou concealed
The hammer of Thor?
I Another name for Thor.
t The mischlief-maker among the gods.
$ Freyja, the goddess of love.
~Jotunheim, the home of the giants.
THRY.NM.
I have concealed
The hammer of Thor
Eight miles beneath the ground.
No man
Takes it back
Unless he brirngs me
Freyja as bride.
Flew then LokeThe feather-guise whizzedOut he flew
From home of giants,
In he flew
To home of gods.
Mlet him Thor
At the gate-w.vay,
And first of all
He thus addressed him.
THOR.
Ha-t thout succeeded
In doing thy errand?
Tell then before perching
Long messages.
What one says sitting
Is oft of little value,
And falsehood speaks he
Who reclines.
LOKE.
Well have I succeeded
In doing my errand.
Thrym has thy hammer,
The king of the giant.No man
Takes it back,
Unless he brings him
Freyja as bride.
Went they then the fair
Freyja to find.
First then Thor
Thus addressed her:
Dress thyself, Freyja,
In bridal robes.
Together we will ride
To Jotunheim.
Angry grew Freyja,
And she raged
So the halls of the gods
huitst shake.
Her heavy necklace,
Brisingamen, broke.
Then would I be
A love-sick maid,
If with thee I would ride
To Jotunheim.
Then did all the gods
Assemble;
And the goddesses
Did all convene
The powerful gods
Did hold consult
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