[a]30]. “Sixth answer me well, | if wise thou art called,
If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:
Whence did Aurgelmir come | with the giants’ kin,
Long since, thou giant sage?”
Vafthruthnir spake:
[31]. “Down from Elivagar | did venom drop,
And waxed till a giant it was; [[77]]
And thence arose | our giants’ race,
And thus so fierce are we found.”
Othin spake: