(For to every world have I won;)

To nine worlds came I, | to Niflhel beneath,

The home where dead men dwell.”

Othin spake:

[44]. “Much have I fared, | much have I found,

Much have I got of the gods:

What shall live of mankind | when at last there comes

The mighty winter to men?”

Vafthruthnir spake:

[45]. “In Hoddmimir’s wood | shall hide themselves