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The poetic Edda

Note 4 — The Ballad of Alvis

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Apparently the gods promised Thor’s daughter in marriage to Alvis during her father’s absence, perhaps as a reward for some craftsmanship of his (cf. Bugge’s suggestion as to stanza 3). The text of line 4 is most uncertain.

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