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He harms not maids    nor the wives of men,
And the bound from their fetters he frees."

Loki spake:
38."Be silent, Tyr!    for between two men
Friendship thou ne'er couldst fashion;
Fain would I tell    how Fenrir once
Thy right hand rent from thee."

Tyr spake:
39."My hand do I lack,    but Hrothvitnir thou,
And the loss brings longing to both;
Ill fares the wolf    who shall ever await
In fetters the fall of the gods."

Loki spake:
40."Be silent, Tyr!    for a son with me
Thy wife once chanced to win;
Not a penny, methinks,    wast thou paid for the wrong,
Nor wast righted an inch, poor wretch."

Freyr spake:
41."By the mouth of the river    the wolf remains