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"Send to Jotunheim for Hyrroken," he said at last; and a messenger was soon flying for that mighty giantess. In a little time, Hyrroken came riding swiftly on a wolf so large and fierce that he made the gods think of Fenrer.
When the giantess had alighted, Odin ordered four Berserkers of mighty strength to hold the wolf, but he struggled so angrily that they had to throw him on the ground before they could control him. Then Hyrroken went to the prow of the ship and with one mighty effort sent it far into the sea, the rollers underneath bursting into flame, and the whole earth trembling with the shock.
So they sent in haste to Jotunheim for the stout giantess Hyrroken; and she came with the speed of the whirlwind, and riding on a wolf, which she guided with a bridle of writhing snakes. "What will you have me do?" she asked. "We would have you launch the great ship 'Ring horn," answered Odin. "That I will do!" roared the grim giantess.
Then the ship would be launched on the water and all would be burned with fire. But it was found that none of the Æsir or the Vanir were able to launch Baldur's great ship. Hyrroken, a Giantess, was sent for. She came mounted on a great wolf with twisted serpents for a bridle. Four Giants held fast the wolf when she alighted. She came to the ship and with a single push she sent it into the sea.
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