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Svipdagsmol

Bjort and Bleik,  Blith and Frith, Eir and Aurbotha."
  Svipdag spake:55.[1] "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask, For now the truth would I know:Aid bring they to all  who offerings give, If need be found therefor?"
  Fjolsvith spake:56.[2] "Soon aid they all  who offerings give On the holy altars high;And if danger they see  for the sons of men, Then each from ill do they guard."
  Svipdag spake:57. "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask, For now the truth would I know:Lives there the man  who in Mengloth's arms So fair may seek to sleep?"
  Fjolsvith spake:58. "No man there is  who in Mengloth's arms So fair may seek to sleep.Save Svipdag alone,  for the sun-bright maid Is destined his bride to be."
  1. ↑ One of the manuscripts omits stanzas 55 and 56.
  2. ↑ The first line is based on a conjectural emendation.

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