All to know | that I fain would ask:
Who shall vengeance win | for the evil work,
Or bring to the flames | the slayer of Baldr?”
The Wise-Woman spake:
[11]. “Rind bears Vali | in Vestrsalir,
And one night old | fights Othin’s son; [[199]]
His hands he shall wash not, | his hair he shall comb not,
Till the slayer of Baldr | he brings to the flames.
Unwilling I spake, | and now would be still.”
Othin spake: