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Othin spake: "Fifth answer me well, if wise thou art called, If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: What giant first  was fashioned of old, And the eldest of Ymir's kin?"

Vafthruthnir spake: "Winters unmeasured ere earth was made Was the birth of Bergelmir; Thruthgelmir's son  was the giant strong, And Aurgelmir's grandson of old."

Othin spake: "Sixth answer me well, if wise thou art called, If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: Whence did Aurgelmir come  with the giants' kin, Long since, thou giant sage?"

Vafthruthnir spake: "Down from Elivagar did venom drop, And waxed till a giant it was;