The Wise-Woman spake:

[14]. “Home ride, Othin, | be ever proud;

For no one of men | shall seek me more [[200]]

Till Loki wanders | loose from his bonds,

And to the last strife | the destroyers come.”

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NOTES

[1]. Lines 1–3 are identical with Thrymskvitha, 13, 1–3. Baldr: concerning this best and noblest of the gods, the son of Othin and [[196]]Frigg, who comes again among the survivors after the final battle, cf. Voluspo, 32 and 62, and notes. He is almost never mentioned anywhere except in connection with the story of his death, though Snorri has one short passage praising his virtue and beauty. After stanza 1 two old editions, and one later one, insert four stanzas from late paper manuscripts.

[2]. Sleipnir: Othin’s eight-legged horse, the son of Loki and the stallion Svathilfari; cf. Lokasenna, 23, and Grimnismol, 44, and notes. Niflhel: the murky (“nifl”) dwelling of Hel, goddess of the dead. The hound: Garm; cf. Voluspo, 44.