Njord took to wife Skade, the daughter of the giant Thjasse.[[73]] She preferred dwelling in the abode formerly belonging to her father, which is situated among rocky mountains in the region called Thrymheim, but Njord loved to reside near the sea. They at last agreed that they should pass together nine nights in Thrymheim and then three in Noatun. But one day when Njord came back from the mountains to Noatun, he thus sang:
Am weary of the mountains,
Not long was I there,
Only nine nights:
The howl of the wolves
Methought sounded ill
To the song of the swans.
To which Skade sang in reply:
Sleep could I not
On my sea-strand couch