Othin spake:

[38]. “Tenth answer me now, | if thou knowest all

The fate that is fixed for the gods: [[79]]

Whence came up Njorth | to the kin of the gods,—

(Rich in temples | and shrines he rules,—)

Though of gods he was never begot?”

Vafthruthnir spake:

[a]39]. “In the home of the Wanes | did the wise ones create him,

And gave him as pledge to the gods;

At the fall of the world | shall he fare once more