ok svá sǽllekt setr,

merge smǽra mølþak [þá] meinkrǫ́ko

ok lemþa alla í liþo."

[541] Lines corresponding to these of Burns are found both in the Scotch ballad recorded by Jamieson, and in the English ballad (Pepys Collection). See Jamieson, Popular Ballads and Songs, 1806, II, 241, 256.

[542]

Loki kvaþ:

"Hvat's þat et lítla, es [ek] þat lǫggra sék,

ok snapvíst snaper?

at eyrom Freys mont ǽ vesa

ok und kvernom klaka."