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Thrymskvitha

9.[1] "Hast thou found tidings  as well as trouble?Thy news in the air  shalt thou utter now;Oft doth the sitter  his story forget,And lies he speaks  who lays himself down."
  Loki spake:10.[2] "Trouble I have,  and tidings as well:Thrym, king of the giants,  keeps thy hammer,And back again  shall no man bring itIf Freyja he wins not  to be his wife."
11. Freyja the fair  then went they to find;Hear now the speech  that first he spake:"Bind on, Freyja,  the bridal veil,For we two must haste  to the giants' home."
12.[3] Wrathful was Freyja,  and fiercely she snorted,And the dwelling great  of the gods was shaken,And burst was the mighty  Brisings' necklace:"Most lustful indeed  should I look to allIf I journeyed with thee  to the giants' home."

    and inserted lines like "Then spake Loki  the son of Laufey" whenever he thought they would be useful.

  1. ↑ The manuscript marks line 2, instead of line 1, as the beginning of a stanza, which has caused editors some confusion in grouping the lines of stanzas 8 and 9.
  2. ↑ No superscription in the manuscript.
  3. ↑ Many editors have rejected either line 2 or line 3. Vigfusson inserts one of his own lines before line 4. Brisings' necklace: a marvelous necklace fashioned by the dwarfs, here called Brisings (i.e., "Twiners"); cf. Lokasenna, 20 and note.

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