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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