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Skirnir spake to the horse:

[10]. “Dark is it without, | and I deem it time

To fare through the wild fells,

(To fare through the giants’ fastness;)

We shall both come back, | or us both together

The terrible giant will take.”

Skirnir rode into Jotunheim to Gymir’s house. There were fierce dogs bound before the gate of the fence which was around Gerth’s hall. He rode to where a herdsman sat on a hill, and said:

[a]11]. “Tell me, herdsman, | sitting on the hill,

And watching all the ways,