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Vafthruthnir spake: "Winters unmeasured ere earth was made Was the birth of Bergelmir; This first knew I well,  when the giant wise In a boat of old was borne."

Othin spake: "Ninth answer me well, if wise thou art called If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: Whence comes the wind  that fares o'er the waves Yet never itself is seen?"

Vafthruthnir spake: "In an eagle's guise at the end of heaven Hræsvelg sits, they say; And from his wings  does the wind come forth To move o'er the world of men."

Othin spake: "Tenth answer me now, if thou knowest all The fate that is fixed for the gods: