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Stanza 161

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 161

1923
A fifteenth I know, that before the doorsOf Delling sang Thjothrörir the dwarf;Might he sang for the gods, and glory for elves,And wisdom for Hroptatyr wise.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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