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Vafthrudnir
7. What man is this,
that in my habitation
by word addresses me?
Out thou goest not
from our halls,
if thou art not the wiser.
Odin
8. Gagnrad is my name,
from my journey I am come
thirsty to thy halls,
needing hospitality,
for I long have journeyed
and kind reception from thee, Jötun!
Vafthrudnir
9. Why then, Gagnrad!
speakest thou from the floor?
Take in the hall a seat;
then shall be proved
which knows most,
the guest or the ancient talker.
Gagnrad
10. A poor man should,
who to a rich man comes,
speak usefully or hold his tongue:
over-much talk
brings him, I ween, no good,
who visits an austere man.
Vafthrudnir
11. Tell me, Gagnrad!
since on the floor thou wilt
prove thy proficiency,
how the horse is called
that draws each day
forth over human kind?
Gagnrad
12. Skinfaxi he is named,
that the bright day draws
forth over human kind.
Of coursers he is best accounted
among the Reid-goths.
Ever sheds light that horse's mane.
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