Editing Beyla (section)

==''Lokasenna''==
In the prose introduction to ''Lokasenna'',  Beyla and Byggvir are cited as attending In stanza 55 of ''Lokasenna'', after his verses with [[Sif]],  [[Loki]] accuses Beyla of being filthy but the reason for this is unclear.<ref name=LINDOW78>Lindow (2001:78).</ref> 

Stanza 55:
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: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.»
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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."<ref name=BELLOWSLOKASENNA>[[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Henry Adams Bellows]]' 1936 translation of ''Lokasenna''. Available online: [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe10.htm]</ref>
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Stanza 56:
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:Loci qvaþ: 
:«Þegi þv, Beyla! 
:þv ert Byggviss qven 
:oc meini blandin mioc; 
:okynian meira 
:coma meþ asa sonom, 
:a/ll ertv, deigia! dritin.»
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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."<ref name=BELLOWSLOKASENNA/>
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In relation to Loki's comments in ''Lokasenna'', proposals have been made that Beyla and her husband are personifications of [[agriculture]] associated with Freyr: Beyla as the [[manure]] that softens the earth and develops the seed, Byggvir as the refuse of the mill, [[chaff]].<ref name=THORPE198-199>Thorpe (1851:198-199.)</ref>