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'Hardy was Hrungnir,

And his father;

Yet was Thjazi

Than they more mighty:

Idi and Aurnir

Of us twain are kinsmen,—

Brothers of Hill-Giants,

Of them were we born.

'Grótti had not come

From the gray mountain,

Nor the hard boulder

From the earth's bosom,

Nor thus would grind

The Hill-Giants' maiden,

If any had known

The news of her.

'We nine winters

Were playmates together,

Mighty of stature,

'Neath the earth's surface,

The maids had part

In mighty works:

Ourselves we moved

Mighty rocks from their place.

'We rolled the rock

O'er the Giants' roof-stead,

So that the ground,

Quaking, gave before us;