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Vafthrudnir
37. Hræsvelg he is called,
who at the end of heaven sits,
a Jötun in an eagle's plumage:
from his wings comes,
it is said, the wind,
that over all men passes.
Gagnrad
38. Tell me tenthly,
since thou all the origin
of the gods knowest, Vafthrudnir!
whence Niörd came
among the Æsir's sons?
O'er fanes and offer-steads
he rules by hundreds,
yet was not among the Æsir born.
Vafthrudnir
39. In Vanaheim
wise powers him created,
and to the gods a hostage gave.
At the world's dissolution
he will return
to the wise Vanir.
Gagnrad
40. Tell me eleventhly,
since all the condition
of the gods thou knowest, Vafthrudnir!
what the Einherjar do
in Hærfather's halls,
until the powers perish?
Vafthrudnir
41. All the Einherjar
in Odin's halls
each day together fight;
the fallen they choose,
and from the conflict ride;
beer with the Æsir drink,
of Sæhrimnir eat their fill,
then sit in harmony together.
Gagnrad
42. Tell me twelfthly,
as thou all the condition
of the gods knowest, Vafthrudnir!
of the Jötuns' secrets,
and of all the gods',
say what truest is,
thou all-knowing Jötun!
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