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14. Hrimfaxi he is called, that each night draws forth over the
beneficent powers. He from his bit lets fall drops every morn, whence
in the dales comes dew.
_Vafthrudnir._
15. Tell me, Gagnrad! since on the floor thou wilt prove thy
proficiency, how the stream is called, which earth divides between the
Joetuns and the Gods?
_Gagnrad._
16. Ifing the stream is called which earth divides between the
Joetuns and the Gods: open shall it run throughout all time. On that
stream no ice shall be.
_Vafthrudnir._
17. Tell me, Gagnrad! since on the floor thou wilt prove thy
proficiency, how that plain is called, where in fight shall meet Surt
and the gentle Gods?
_Gagnrad._
18. Vigrid the plain is called where in fight shall meet Surt and
the gentle Gods; a hundred rasts it is on every side. That plain is to
them decreed.
_Vafthrudnir._
19. Wise art thou, O guest! Approach the Joetuns bench, and sitting
let us together talk; we will our heads in the hall pledge, guest! for
wise utterance.
_Gagnrad._
20. Tell me first, if thy wit suffices, and thou, Vafthrudnir!
knowest, whence first came the earth, and the high heaven, thou,
sagacious Joetun?
_Vafthrudnir._
21. From Ymir's flesh the earth was formed, and from his bones the
hills, the heaven from the skull of that ice-cold giant, and from his
blood the sea.
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