Thy help at the hill of death.”

Groa spake:

[a]2]. “What evil vexes | mine only son,

What baleful fate hast thou found,

That thou callest thy mother, | who lies in the mould,

And the world of the living has left?”

Svipdag spake:

[3]. “The woman false | whom my father embraced

Has brought me a baleful game;

For she bade me go forth | where none may fare,