How weak would prove e’en the bravest fellows
Without their swords in the battle’s storm!
GESTUR.
A wondrous weaver there is forsooth,
Who sits on his woof, and weaves his cloth:
His eyes are four, and his legs are eight,
And his knees exceed his body in height.
SKIRNIR.
I would not as model of beauty cite
The spider, yet he’s an industrious wight;