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 Thou wouldst thy wisdom make known: What name has the field where in fight shall meet Surt and the gracious gods?"

Othin spake: "Vigrith is the field where in fight shall meet Surt and the gracious gods; A hundred miles  each way does it measure. And so are its boundaries set."

Vafthruthnir spake: "Wise art thou, guest! To my bench shalt thou go, In our seats let us speak together; Here in the hall  our heads, O guest, Shall we wager our wisdom upon."

Othin spake: "First answer me well, if thy wisdom avails, And thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: In earliest time  whence came the earth, Or the sky, thou giant sage?"