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In Norse mythology, Beyla was one of Freyr's servants and the wife of Byggvir. The only surviving source which mentions her and her husband is Lokasenna (the flyting of Loki). They were possibly elves, as Freyr was the lord of Álfheimr (the home of the elves) and Lokasenna says that they were among the gods and elves.
Loki and Beyla have a quarrel and Loki calls her dirty:
Stanza 55:
- Beyla qvaþ:
- «Fioll a/ll scialfa,
- hygg ec a for vera
- heiman Hlorriþa;
- hann reþr ró
- þeim er rogir her
- goð a/ll oc gvma.»[1])
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- Beyla spake:
- "The mountains shake,
- and surely I think
- From his home comes Hlorrithi now;
- He will silence the man
- who is slandering here
- Together both gods and men." (Bellow's translation[2])
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Stanza 56:
- Loci qvaþ:
- «Þegi þv, Beyla!
- þv ert Byggviss qven
- oc meini blandin mioc;
- okynian meira
- coma meþ asa sonom,
- a/ll ertv, deigia! dritin.» ([3])
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- Loki spake:
- "Be silent, Beyla!
- thou art Byggvir's wife,
- And deep art thou steeped in sin;
- A greater shame
- to the gods came ne'er,
- Befouled thou art with thy filth." (Bellow's translation[4])
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Stanza 57:
- Þa com Þorr at oc qvaþ:
- «Þegi þv, ra/g vettr!
- þer scal minn þrvðhamarr
- Miollnir mal fyr nema;
- herþaklett drep ec
- þer halsi af,
- oc verþr þa þino fiorvi vm farit.» [5]
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- Then came Thor forth, and spake:
- "Unmanly one, cease,
- or the mighty hammer,
- Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;
- Thy shoulder-cliff
- shall I cleave from thy neck,
- And so shall thy life be lost."(Bellow's translation[6])
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See also: Prose Edda, Lokasenna
