Now Hædur, fumbling through the hall, cheerless and sullen goes;
He mutters words in Vidar’s ears, the god with the thick shoes:
Stone blind is Hædur, though robust, the sovereign of the night;
A tunick black as jet he wears with silver stars bedight.
The secrets of eternity are all to Vidar known;
Their stern unflinching guardian he, amongst the gods alone,
Ne’er opes his mouth; his shoulders are like Aukthor’s, broad and strong,
And strong like Vidar is the man who can restrain his tongue.
Two gods, whose qualities on earth are seldom found allied,
Eternally in Odin’s hall are seated side by side: