23. "O well do I know thy riddle,

And well it shall be spoke;

The hammer is raised in every smithy,

And falls with even stroke."

24. "O well do I know thy riddle,

Though thereof no boast make I.

It is Othin who rides upon his steed,

By land and eke by sea.

25. "O well do I know thy riddle,

Yet of wisdom I make no display.