Thou dost not look, as if thou
Three domains possess’d;
[A]Bare legged thou standest
In beggar’s apparel.
[A] Probably because Thor had taken off his shoes, in order to ford the stream.
[83] The remarks on the females of the Jotun race seem likewise borrowed from the same chapter in the poetic Edda:
We had sprightly women,
Were they but gentle;
We had clever women,
Were they but fond of us.