All to know | that I fain would ask:
Who shall the bane | of Baldr become,
And steal the life | from Othin’s son?”
The Wise-Woman spake:
[9]. “Hoth thither bears | the far-famed branch,
He shall the bane | of Baldr become,
And steal the life | from Othin’s son.
Unwilling I spake, | and now would be still.”
Othin spake:
[10]. “Wise-woman, cease not! | I seek from thee