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    From Heiddraupner's^[1] head,
    And from Hoddropner's[A] horn.

14. On a rock he stood,
    With edged sword,
    A helm on his head he bore.
    Then spake Mimer's head
    Its first wise word,
    And true sayings uttered.

15. They are, it is said,
    On the shield risted
    Which stands before the shining god,
    On Aarvak's^[2] ear,
    And on Alsvinn's[B] hoof,
    On the wheel which rolls
    Under Rogner's^[3] car,
    On Sleipner's teeth,
    And on the sledge's bands.

16. On the bear's paw,
    And on Brage's tongue,
    On the wolf's claws,
    And the eagle's beak,
    On bloody wings,
    And on the bridge's end,
    On the releasing hand.
    And on healing's track.

17. On glass and on gold,
    On amulets of men,
    In wine and in ale,
    And in the welcome seat,
    On Gungner's point,
    And on Grane's breast,
    On the norn's nail,
    And the owl's neb.

18. All were erased
    That were inscribed,
    And mingled with the sacred mead,
    And sent on distant ways;

1. Mimer.
2. The horses of the sun.
3. Odin.