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A.D. 400.
Bones should be crashing fast, Wolves should be full-fed, Where'er such, mad-hearted, Swing hands in the sword-play.'
Sweetly laughed Freya:—'A name thou hast given them,Shames neither thee nor them,Well can they wear it.Give them the victory,First have they greeted thee;Give them the victory.Yokefellow mine!Maidens and wives are these,Wives of the Winils;Few are their heroesAnd far on the war-road,So over the swans' bathThey cry unto thee.'
Royally laughed he then; Dear was that craft to him,
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