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Sif and does
Various scholars beginning with Magnus Olsen have pointed to the similarity with what Sif does at the feast described in Lokasenna.
Simek rejects notions of a " vegetation cult " venerating Sif, says that Sif does not appear to have a function, dismisses theories proposing connections between Sif's hair and grain as " over-zealous interpretation ", and theorizes that Snorri invented the story of Sif's shorn locks in attempt to explain the attributes of various gods.

Sif and exchange
Trog, the berserker god, expects abstinence from casting spells and offers aid in battle, whereas Sif Muna expects frequent spellcraft in exchange for magical assistance and gifts of spellbooks.

Sif and turns
Loki's flyting then turns to the goddess Sif.

Sif and Beyla
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.

Sif and .
Here he lives with his wife Sif and their children.
Sif, wife of Thor, goes forth and pours Loki a glass of mead into a crystal cup in a prose narrative.
Continuing the poem, Sif welcomes Loki and invites him to take a crystal cup filled with ancient mead, and says that among the children of the Æsir, she is singularly blameless.
* 1916 – Sif Ruud, Swedish actress ( d. 2011 )
** Sif Ruud, Swedish actress ( d. 2011 )
) Ullr is the name of one, who is a son of Sif, and a step-son of Thor.
In Norse mythology, Sif is a goddess associated with earth.
Sif is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.
In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Sif is the wife of the god Thor and is known for her golden hair.
In the Prose Edda, Sif is named as the mother of the goddess Þrúðr by Thor and of Ullr with a father whose name is not recorded.
The Prose Edda also recounts that Sif once had her hair shorn by Loki, and that Thor forced Loki to have a golden headpiece made for Sif, resulting in not only Sif's golden tresses but also five other objects for other gods.
The name Sif is the singular form of the plural Old Norse word sifjar.
Among numerous other insults, Hárbarðr claims that Sif has a lover at home.
In stanzas 53 and 54 of the poem Lokasenna, after pouring Loki a crystal cup of mead during his series of insults towards the gods, Sif states that there is nothing Loki can say only in regard to her.
In the Prose Edda, Sif is mentioned once in the Prologue, in chapter 31 of Gylfaginning, and in Skáldskaparmál as a guest at Ægir's feast, the subject of a jötunn's desire, as having her hair shorn by Loki, and in various kennings.
Sif is introduced in chapter three of the Prologue section of the Prose Edda ; Snorri's euhemerized account of the origins of Viking mythology.
Sif is further described as " the most loveliest of women " and with hair of gold.
The son of Sif, he is the stepson of Thor.
Prior to this, Hrungnir had been drunkenly boasting of his desire to, amongst other things, kill all of the gods except Freyja and Sif, whom he wanted to take home with him.
Sif also appears in Skáldskaparmál listed as a heiti for " earth ", appears in a kenning for a gold-keeping woman, and once for Hildr.
In Old English, sib (" family ") is cognate with Old Norse Sif and sif.
Richard North further notes that unusually, sib is personified here and in lines 2599 to 2661, and suggests they may be references to Sif in Danish religion: " Both instances may indicate that the poet of Beowulf was in a position to imagine a sixth-century Scandinavia on the basis of his knowledge of contemporary Danish legends.

does and respond
Many alloys of aluminium, copper, magnesium, titanium, and nickel can be strengthened to some degree by some method of heat treatment, but few respond to this to the same degree that steel does.
Although prepared for an armed conflict with Nigeria in recent years, the Cameroon Army does not have operational experience against other forces, therefore, it is not possible to assess its ability to respond to changing threats and opposing tactics.
In medicine, a coma ( from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep ) is a state of unconsciousness lasting more than six hours, in which a person: cannot be awakened ; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound ; lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle ; and, does not initiate voluntary actions.
A number of large ISPs have configured their DNS servers to violate rules ( presumably to allow them to run on less-expensive hardware than a fully compliant resolver ), such as by disobeying TTLs, or by indicating that a domain name does not exist just because one of its name servers does not respond.
* Dravet's syndrome, previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy ( SMEI ), is a neurodevelopmental disorder beginning in infancy and characterized by severe epilepsy that does not respond well to treatment.
If the patient does not respond sufficiently to medical treatment, epilepsy surgery may be considered.
If the jurisdiction does not have the resources to respond to complaints in a timely manner, the value of the hotline diminishes.
Further, Afro-hair does not respond as easily to moisture and sweat as straight hair.
It appears that sIBM and polymyositis share some common features, especially the initial sequence of immune system activation, however, polmyositis comes on over weeks or months, does not display the subsequent muscle degeneration and protein abnormalities as seen in IBM, and as well, polymyositis tends to respond well to treatments, IBM does not.
Polymyositis that does not respond to treatment is likely IBM.
In Georgia, Alice Baldy wrote to Josie Varner in 1870, " Do you know that if you touch me, or speak to me there is not a nerve of fibre in my body that does not respond with a thrill of delight?
The illumination measured by a photocell sensor does not necessarily correspond to what is perceived by the human eye, and without filters which may be costly, photocells and charge-coupled devices ( CCD ) tend to respond to some infrared, ultraviolet or both.
Loki does not respond to Bragi directly, but instead directs his attention to Odin, and states:
Methadone, with its long half-life ( and thus long duration of effect ) and good oral bioavailability, is a common second-choice drug for pain that does not respond to weaker agonists.
There does not have to be a formal agreement for collusion to take place ( although for the act to be illegal there must be actual communication between companies )– for example, in some industries there may be an acknowledged market leader which informally sets prices to which other producers respond, known as price leadership.
While conventional analgesic pain killers such as paracetamol ( acetaminophen ) or NSAIDs provide initial relief for some sufferers, the pain is often more neurologic in nature, which often does not respond well to these drugs.
The District does not have a police force, instead allowing Orange County and Osceola County to respond to incidents.
However, the governor does not respond instantaneously to load changes.
Opium tincture is indicated for the treatment of severe fulminant diarrhea that does not respond to management.
Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced.
Cavefish have an unusual body clock that does not respond to light.
Another is infection with Mycobacterium avium complex ( MAC ), a group of bacteria related to tuberculosis, which can cause a lot of lung damage and does not respond to common antibiotics.
This frequency dependence reflects the fact that a material's polarization does not respond instantaneously to an applied field.

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