So the king gathers together a mighty
army, and therewith falls on his kinsmen, deeming that if he made
their kinship of small account, yet none the less they had first
wrought evil against him. So he wrought his will herein, in that
he departed not from strife before he had slain all his father's
banesmen, though dreadful the deed seemed in every wise. So now
he gets land, lordship, and fee, and is become a mightier man
than his father before him.
Much wealth won in war gat Rerir to himself, and wedded a wife
withal, such as he deemed meet for him, and long they lived
together, but had no child to take the heritage after them; and
ill-content they both were with that, and prayed the Gods with
heart and soul that they might get them a child. And so it is
said that Odin hears their prayer, and Freyia no less hearkens
wherewith they prayed unto her: so she, never lacking for all
good counsel, calls to her her casket-bearing may, (1) the
daughter of Hrimnir the giant, and sets an apple in her hand, and
bids her bring it to the king.
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