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A.D. 400.
With them is the glory,—So Odin hath sworn it,—Who first, in the morningShall meet him and greet him.'Still the Alruna wept:—'Who then shall greet him?Women alone are here:Far on the moorlandsBehind the war-lindens,In vain for the bill's doomWatch Winil heroes all,One against seven.'Sweetly the Queen laughed:—'Hear thou my counsel now;Take to thee cunning,Belovèd of Freya.Take thou thy women-folk,Maidens and wives:Over your anklesLace on the white war-hose;
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