Soon thine eyes pluck out,

If thou liest in saying | that here at last

The hero is come to my hall.

[a]62]. “Whence camest thou hither? | how camest thou here?

What name do thy kinsmen call thee?

Thy race and thy name | as a sign must I know,

That thy bride I am destined to be.”

Svipdag spake:

[63]. “Svipdag am I, | and Solbjart’s son;

Thence came I by wind-cold ways; [[251]]