For one who meets a cold-ribbed[[24]] man.
We are told in the Völuspa that Odin, in the quest of information, went to visit the Völva, or Sybil, Heid, who was possessed of supernatural powers of knowledge and foresight. She asks for a hearing from the sons of Heimdal, or mankind, and then proceeds to tell what she recollects:—
I remember Jötnar
Early born,
Who of yore
Raised me;[[25]]
I remember nine worlds,
Nine ividi[[26]]
The famous world-tree (Yggdrasil)
Beneath the earth.