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Edge of the Earth

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  1. 34 ‘Much we tell you, we will tell you more,
  2. I think that you should know it, do you want to know more?
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  4. 35 ‘One was born in bygone days,
  5. with mightily enhanced strength from the divine powers;
  6. nine women bore him, the spear-magnificent man,
  7. giant-girls, at the edge of the earth.
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  9. 36 ‘Much we tell you, we will tell you more,
  10. I think that you should know it, do you want to know more?
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  13. - Poetic Edda, Hyndluliod
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  16. (Note: The "spear-magnificent man" here is Heimdall, given the reference to "nine mothers." Like the last example, this could potentially be poetic language.)
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