Her brows were bright, | her breast was shining,

Whiter her neck | than new-fallen snow.

[a]29]. Rig knew well | wise words to speak,

Soon in the midst | of the room he sat,

And on either side | the others were.

[a]30]. Then Mothir brought | a broidered cloth,

Of linen bright, | and the board she covered;

And then she took | the loaves so thin,

And laid them, white | from the wheat, on the cloth.

[31]. Then forth she brought | the vessels full,