[a]18]. “ ‘Clouds’ men name them, | ‘Rain-Hope’ gods call them,

The Wanes call them ‘Kites of the Wind’;

‘Water-Hope’ giants, | ‘Weather-Might’ elves,

‘The Helmet of Secrets’ in hell.”

Thor spake:

[a]19]. “Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all,

Dwarf, of the doom of men:

What call they the wind, | that widest fares,

In each and every world?”

Alvis spake: