Shall strive with spiteful speech;
Richer I grow | in ready words
If thou speakest too much to me.”
Then Loki went into the hall, but when they who were there saw who had entered, they were all silent.
Loki spake:
[6]. “Thirsty I come | into this thine hall,
I, Lopt, from a journey long,
To ask of the gods | that one should give
Fair mead for a drink to me.
[7]. “Why sit ye silent, | swollen with pride,