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Hyndluljoth

28.[1] "Of Hvethna's sons  was Haki the best,And Hjorvarth the father  of Hvethna was;..............................
29.[2] "Harald Battle-tooth  of Auth was born,Hrörek the Ring-giver  her husband was;Auth the Deep-minded  was Ivar's daughter,But Rathbarth the father  of Randver was:And all are thy kinsmen,  Ottar, thou fool!"
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Fragment of "The Short Voluspo"

30.[3] Eleven in number  the gods were known,When Baldr o'er the hill  of death was bowed;And this to avenge  was Vali swift,When his brother's slayer  soon he slew.
  1. ↑ In the manuscript and in many editions these two lines stand between stanzas 33 and 34. The change here made follows Bugge. The manuscript indicates no gap between stanzas 27 and 29. Hvethna: wife of king Halfdan of Denmark.
  2. ↑ The manuscript and many editions include line 1 of stanza 25 after line 4 of stanza 29. The story of Harald Battle-tooth is told in detail by Saxo Grammaticus. Harald's father was Hrörek, king of Denmark; his mother was Auth, daughter of Ivar, king of Sweden. After Ivar had treacherously destroyed Hrörek, Auth fled with Harald to Russia, where she married King Rathbarth. Harald's warlike career in Norway, and his death on the Bravalla-field at the hands of his nephew, Sigurth Ring, son of Randver and grandson of Rathbarth and Auth, were favorite saga themes.
  3. ↑ At this point begins the fragmentary and interpolated "short Voluspo" identified by Snorri. The manuscript gives no indication of the break in the poem's continuity. Eleven: there

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