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Lokasenna

In the thumb of a glove  didst thou hide, thou great one, And there forgot thou wast Thor."
  Thor spake:61.[1] "Unmanly one, cease,  or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;My right hand shall smite thee  with Hrungnir's slayer, Till all thy bones are broken."
  Loki spake:62.[2] "A long time still  do I think to live, Though thou threatenest thus with thy hammer;Rough seemed the straps  of Skrymir's wallet, When thy meat thou mightest not get, (And faint from hunger didst feel.)"
  Thor spake:63. "Unmanly one, cease,  or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth;
  1. ↑ Hrungnir's slayer: the hammer; the story of how Thor slew this stone-headed giant is indicated in Harbarthsljoth, 14-15, and outlined in the note to stanza 14 of that poem.
  2. ↑ On the day following the adventure of the glove, Thor, Loki and Thor's servants proceed on their way in company with Skrymir, who puts all their food in his wallet. At evening Skrymir goes to sleep, and Thor tries to get at the food, but cannot loosen the straps of the wallet. In a rage he smites Skrymir three times on the head with his hammer, but the giant—who, it subsequently appears, deftly dodges the blows—is totally undisturbed. Line 5 may well be spurious.

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