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Thou wouldst thy wisdom make known:
What name has the steed    that from East anew
Brings night for the noble gods?"

Othin spake:
14."Hrimfaxi name they    the steed that anew
Brings night for the noble gods;
Each morning foam    from his bit there falls,
And thence come the dews in the dales."

Vafthruthnir spake:
15."Speak forth now, Gagnrath,    if there from the floor
Thou wouldst thy wisdom make known:
What name has the river    that 'twixt the realms
Of the gods and the giants goes?"

Othin spoke: 16."Ifing is the river    that 'twixt the realms
Of the gods and the giants goes;
For all time ever    open it flows,
No ice on the river there is."

Vafthruthnir spake:
17."Speak forth now, Gagnrath,    if there from the floor