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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Frá Ægi ok goðum 0b — ed. Haraldur Bernharðsson

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Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda: an electronic editionFrá Ægi ok goðum
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Ægir, eröðru nafni hét Gymir, hann hafði búið ásum öl þá er hann hafði fengið ketil inn mikla sem nú er sagt. Til þeirar veizlu kom Óðinn ok Frigg, kona hans. Þórr kom eigi því að hann var íaustrvegi. Sif var þar, kona Þórs, BragiokIðunn, kona hans. Týr var þar, hann var einhendr, Fenrisúlfr sleit hönd af hánum þá er hann var bundinn. Þar var Njörðr ok kona hans, Skaði, Freyr ok Freyja, Víðarr, son Óðins. Loki var þar ok þjónustumenn Freys, Byggvir ok Beyla. Margt var þar ása ok álfa. Ægir átti tvá þjónustumenn, Fimafengr ok Eldir. Þar var lýsigull haft fyr eldsljós; sjálft barsk þar öl; þar var griðastaðr mikill. Menn lofuðu mjök hversu góðir þjónustumenn Ægis vóru. Loki mátti eigi heyra það ok drap hann Fimafeng. Þá skóku æsir skjöldu sína ok æpðu að Loka ok eltu hann braut til skógar en þeir fóru að drekka. Loki hvarf aftr ok hitti úti Eldi; Loki kvaddi hann:

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