Loki spake:

[a]48]. “Be silent, Heimdall! | in days long since

Was an evil fate for thee fixed;

With back held stiff | must thou ever stand,

As warder of heaven to watch.”

Skathi spake:

[49]. “Light art thou, Loki, | but longer thou mayst not

In freedom flourish thy tail;

On the rocks the gods bind thee | with bowels torn

Forth from thy frost-cold son.”