 The song consists of 11 stanzas , and within it the valkyries weave and choose who is to be slain at the Battle of Clontarf ( fought outside Dublin in 1014 CE ) . Of the 12 valkyries weaving , six have their names given in the song : Hildr , Hjörþrimul , Sanngriðr , Svipul , Guðr and Göndul . Stanza 9 of the song reads : 
