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And now make fast    our goat of the flood;
Or home wilt thou bear    the whales to the house,
Across the gorge    of the wooded glen?"

28.Hlorrithi stood    and the stem he gripped,
And the sea-horse with water    awash he lifted;
Oars and bailer    and all he bore
With the surf-swine home    to the giant's house.

29.His might the giant    again would match,
For stubborn he was,    with the strength of Thor;
None truly strong,    though stoutly he rowed,
Would he call save one    who could break the cup.

30.Hlorrithi then,    when the cup he held,
Struck with the glass    the pillars of stone;
As he sat the posts    in pieces he shattered,
Yet the glass to Hymir whole they brought.

31.But the loved one fair    of the giant found
A counsel true,    and told her thought:
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