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Poetic Edda

 Of old with Othin's son;From it do eight  of like weight fall On every ninth night."
  Gerth spake:22. "The ring I wish not,  though burned it was Of old with Othin's son;In Gymir's home  is no lack of gold In the wealth my father wields."
  Skirnir spake:23. "Seest thou, maiden,  this keen, bright sword That I hold here in my hand?Thy head from thy neck  shall I straightway hew, If thou wilt not do my will."
  Gerth spake:24. "For no man's sake  will I ever suffer To be thus moved by might;But gladly, methinks,  will Gymir seek To fight if he finds thee here."
  Skirnir spake:25.[1] "Seest thou, maiden,  this keen, bright sword That I hold here in my hand?

    Ring: the ring Draupnir ("Dropper") was made by the dwarfs for Othin, who laid it on Baldr's pyre when the latter's corpse was burned (cf. Voluspo, 32 and note, and Baldrs Draumar). Baldr, however, sent the ring back to Othin from hell. How Freyr obtained it is nowhere stated. Andvari's ring (Andvaranaut) had a similar power of creating gold; cf. Reginsmol, prose

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