A forest fair and still;
And nine nights hence | to the son of Njorth
Will Gerth there grant delight.”
Then Skirnir rode home. Freyr stood without, and spoke to him, and asked for tidings:
[a]41]. “Tell me, Skirnir, | ere thou take off the saddle,
Or farest forward a step:
What hast thou done | in the giants’ dwelling
To make glad thee or me?”
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Skirnir spake: