Old Norse, ed. Faulkes, p. 43,1En sá kǫttr var eigi sem þér sýndisk: þat var Miðgarðsormr er liggr um lǫnd ǫll, ok vansk honum varliga lengðin til at jǫrðina tœki sporðr ok hǫfuð.
English, tr. Brodeur, 1916, p. 67,1That cat was not as it appeared to thee: it was the Midgard Serpent, which lies about all the land, and scarcely does its length suffice to encompass the earth with head and tail.
Norwegian, tr. Holtsmark, p. 12,1for den katten var ikke det du trodde -den var Midgardsormen som ligger omkring alt land, og det var bare så vidt den var lang nok til at hode og hale tok jorden;
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