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 love-sickness. Skirnir was the name of Freyr’s servant; Njorth bade him ask speech of Freyr. He said:

"Go now, Skirnir! and seek to gain Speech from my son; And answer to win,  for whom the wise one Is mightily moved."

Skirnir spake: "Ill words do I now await from thy son, If I seek to get speech with him, And answer to win,  for whom the wise one Is mightily moved."