From winning, thou guest so wise,
If of every world | thou canst tell me all
That now I wish to know.
[a]9]. “Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all,
Dwarf, of the doom of men:
What call they the earth, | that lies before all,
In each and every world?”
Alvis spake:
[10]. “ ‘Earth’ to men, ‘Field’ | to the gods it is,
‘The Ways’ is it called by the Wanes; [[187]]