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Svipdagsmol

Who is it that holds  and has for his own The rule of the hall so rich?"
  Fjolsvith spake:24.[1] "Mengloth is she,  her mother bore her To the son of Svafrthorin;She is it that holds  and has for her own The rule of the hall so rich."
  Svipdag spake:25. "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask, For now the truth would I know:What call they the gate?  for among the gods Ne'er saw man so grim a sight."
  Fjolsvith spake:26.[2] "Thrymgjol they call it;  'twas made by the three, The sons of Solblindi;And fast as a fetter  the farer it holds, Whoever shall lift the latch."
  Svipdag spake:27. "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask, For now the truth would I know:
  1. ↑ Svafrthorin: who he was, or what his name means, or who his son was, are all unknown.
  2. ↑ Thrymgjol ("Loud-Clanging"): this gate, like the gate of the dead, shuts so fast as to trap those who attempt to use it (cf. Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 68 and note). It was made by the dwarfs, sons of Solblindi ("Sun-Blinded"), the traditional craftsmen, who could not endure the light of day.

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