Then he fought with the shield maiden, Veborg, who struck him in the face so that his beard dangled loose, but he bit his beard to hold onto it.

Vapor jetted from its nostrils, and a beard of half-frozen saliva dangled beneath its chin- Booly was exhausted, his mind numbed by the arduous climb and more than twelve hours spent in the saddle.

There his beard dangled long down into the water: up came Goldberry, the River-woman's daughter; pulled Tom's hanging hair.