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Vafthruthnir spake:
35."Winters unmeasured ere earth was made
Was the birth of Bergelmir;
This first knew I well, when the giant wise
In a boat of old was borne."
Othin spake:
36."Ninth answer me well, if wise thou art called
If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:
Whence comes the wind that fares o'er the waves
Yet never itself is seen?"
Vafthruthnir spake:
37."In an eagle's guise at the end of heaven
Hræsvelg sits, they say;
And from his wings does the wind come forth
To move o'er the world of men."
Othin spake:
38."Tenth answer me now, if thou knowest all
The fate that is fixed for the gods:
