If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:

Whence did winter come, | or the summer warm,

First with the gracious gods?”

Vafthruthnir spake:

[27]. “Vindsval he was | who was winter’s father,

And Svosuth summer begat;”

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Othin spake: