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Helgi and Atli lay with their ships in Hatafjord. Atli kept watch during the first part of the night. Hrimgerth, Hati’s daughter, spake: 212. “Who are the heroes | in Hatafjord? The ships are covered with shields; Bravely ye look, | and little ye fear, The name of the king would I know.” 313. “Helgi his name, | and never thou mayst Harm to the hero bring; With iron is fitted | the prince’s fleet, Nor can witches work us ill.” 414. “Who now, thou mighty | man, art thou? By what name art thou known to men? He trusts thee well, | the prince who wills That thou stand at the stem of his ship.” 515. “Atli am I, | and ill shalt thou find me, Great hate for witches I have; Oft have I been | in the dripping bows, And to dusk-riders death have brought. 616. “Corpse-hungry giantess, | how art thou called? Say, witch, who thy father was! Nine miles deeper | down mayst thou sink, And a tree grow tall on thy bosom.” 717. “Hrimgerth am I, | my father was Hati, Of giants the most in might; Many a woman | he won from her home, Ere Helgi hewed him down.” 818. “Witch, in front | of the ship thou wast, And lay before the fjord; To Ron wouldst have given | the ruler’s men, If a spear had not stuck in thy flesh.” 919. “Dull art thou, Atli, | thou dreamest, methinks, The lids lie over thine eyes; By the leader’s ships | my mother lay, Hlothvarth’s sons on the sea I slew. 1020. “Thou wouldst neigh, Atli, | but gelded thou art, See, Hrimgerth hoists her tail; In thy hinder end | is thy heart, methinks, Though thy speech is a stallion’s cry.” 1121. “A stallion I seem | if thou seekest to try me, And I leap to land from the sea; I shall smite thee to bits, | if so I will, And heavy sinks Hrimgerth’s tail.” 1222. “Go ashore then, Atli, | if sure of thy might, Let us come to Varin’s cove; Straight shall thy rounded | ribs be made If thou comest within my claws.” 1323. “I will not go | till the warriors wake, Again their chief to guard; I should wonder not, | foul witch, if up From beneath our keel thou shouldst come.” 1424. “Awake now, Helgi, | and Hrimgerth requite, That Hati to death thou didst hew; If a single night | she can sleep by the prince, Then requited are all her ills.” 1525. “’Tis Lothin shall have thee,— | thou’rt loathsome to men,— His home in Tholley he has; Of the wild-dwellers worst | is the giant wise, He is meet as a mate for thee.” 1626. “More thou lovest her | who scanned the harbor, Last night among the men; (The gold-decked maid | bore magic, methinks, When the land from the sea she sought, And fast she kept your fleet;) She alone is to blame | that I may not bring Death to the monarch’s men.” 1727. “Hrimgerth, mark, | if thy hurts I requite, Tell now the truth to the king; Was there one who the ships | of the warrior warded, Or did many together go?” 1828. “Thrice nine there were, | but one rode first, A helmed maid white of hue; Their horses quivered, | there came from their manes Dew in the dales so deep, (Hail on the woods so high, Thence men their harvest have, But ill was the sight I saw.)” 1929. “Look eastward, Hrimgerth, | for Helgi has struck thee Down with the runes of death; Safe in harbor floats | the prince’s fleet, And safe are the monarch’s men.” 2030. “It is day, Hrimgerth, | for Atli held thee Till now thy life thou must lose; As a harbor mark | men shall mock at thee, Where in stone thou shalt ever stand.” ‹Previous chapterPoetic Edda 36Next chapterPoetic Edda 38›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. 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