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Full many were the horns, till the men had drunk deep;
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Then the mates made ready their beds for resting.
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Then the mates made ready their beds for resting.
9.[1] Wise was Kostbera, and cunning in rune-craft,
The letters would she read by the light of the fire;
But full quickly her tongue to her palate clave,
So strange did they seem that their meaning she saw not.
The letters would she read by the light of the fire;
But full quickly her tongue to her palate clave,
So strange did they seem that their meaning she saw not.
10.[2] Full soon then his bed came Hogni to seek,
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The clear-souled one dreamed, and her dream she kept not,
To the warrior the wise one spake when she wakened:
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The clear-souled one dreamed, and her dream she kept not,
To the warrior the wise one spake when she wakened:
- ↑ The manuscript does not indicate line 1 as the beginning of a stanza; cf. note on stanza 8.
- ↑ Some editions combine this stanza with lines 1-2 of stanza 11. The manuscript indicates no gap. Grundtvig adds (line 2): "But sleep to the woman so wise came little."
- ↑ Some editions make a separate stanza out of lines 1-2, or combine them with stanza 10, and combine lines 3-4 with stanza
3): "Then the warriors rose, and to slumber made ready." The manuscript indicates line 4 as beginning a new stanza, and some editions make a separate stanza out of lines 1-2. Others suggest the loss of a line after line 4.
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