They fell each other, and fare from the fight
All healed full soon to sit."
Othin spake:
42."Twelfth answer me now how all thou knowest
Of the fate that is fixed for the gods;
Of the runes of the gods and the giants' race
The truth indeed dost thou tell,
(And wide is thy wisdom, giant!)"
Vafthruthnir spake:
43."Of the runes of the gods and the giants' race
The truth indeed can I tell,
(For to every world have I won;)
To nine worlds came I, to Niflhel beneath,
The home where dead men dwell."
Othin spake:
44."Much have I fared, much have I found,
Much have I got of the gods:
What shall live of mankind when at last there comes
The mighty winter to men?"
Vafthruthnir spake:
45."In Hoddmimir's wood shall hide themselves
Lif and Lifthrasir then;
