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A.D. 400.
Singing how Winil men, Over the ice-floes Sledging from Scanland Came unto Scoring;Singing of Gambara, Freya's belovèd, Mother of Ayo, Mother of Ibor. Singing of Wendel men, Ambri and Assi; How to the Winilfolk Went they with war-words, 'Few are ye, strangers, And many are we: Pay us now toll and fee, Cloth-yarn, and rings, and beeves; Else at the raven's meal Bide the sharp bill's doom.' Clutching the dwarf's work then. Clutching the bullock's shell,