11. "Hail to thee, Hymir! | good thoughts mayst thou have;
Here has thy son | to thine hall now come;
(For him have we waited, | his way was long;)
And with him fares | the foeman of Hroth,
The friend of mankind, | and Veur they call him.
12. "See where under | the gable they sit!
Behind the beam | do they hide themselves."
The beam at the glance | of the giant broke,
And the mighty pillar | in pieces fell.
13. Eight fell from the ledge, | and one alone,
The hard-hammered kettle, | of all was whole;
Forth came they then, | and his foes he sought,
The giant old, | and held with his eyes.
14. Much sorrow his heart | foretold when he saw
The giantess' foeman | come forth on the floor;
Then of the steers | did they bring in three;
Their flesh to boil | did the giant bid.
15. By a head was each | the shorter hewed,
And the beasts to the fire | straight they bore;
The husband of Sif, | ere to sleep he went,
Alone two oxen | of Hymir's ate.
[11. Two or three editors give this stanza a superscription ("The concubine spake", "The daughter spake"). Line 3 is commonly
regarded as spurious. The foeman of Hroth: of course this means Thor, but nothing is known of any enemy of his by this name.
Several editors have sought to make a single word meaning "the famous enemy" out of the phrase. Concerning Thor as the friend
of man, particularly of the peasant class, cf. introduction to Harbarthsljoth. Veur: another name, of uncertain meaning, for Thor.
13. Eight: the giant's glance, besides breaking the beam, knocks down all the kettles with such violence that all but the one under
which Thor and Tyr are hiding are broken.
14. Hymir's wrath does not permit him to ignore the duties of a host to his guests, always strongly insisted on.
15. Thor's appetite figures elsewhere; cf. Thrymskvitha, 24.]
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Frilla kvađ:
11. "Ver ţú heill, Hymir,
í hugum góđum, nú er sonr kominn
til sala ţinna, sá er vit vćttum
af vegi löngum;
fylgir hánum hróđrs andskoti,
vinr verliđa;
Véurr heitir sá.
12. Sé ţú, hvar sitja und salar gafli,
svá forđa sér, stendr súl fyrir."
Sundr stökk súla fyr sjón jötuns,
en áđr í tvau áss brotnađi.
13. Stukku átta, en einn af ţeim
hverr harđsleginn heill af ţolli;
fram gengu ţeir, en forn jötunn
sjónum leiddi sinn andskota.
14. Sagđi-t hánum hugr vel ţá,
er hann sá gýgjar grćti
á golf kominn, ţar váru ţjórar
ţrír of teknir, bađ senn jötunn
sjóđa ganga.
15. Hvern létu ţeir höfđi skemmra
ok á seyđi síđan báru;
át Sifjar verr, áđr sofa gengi,
einn međ öllu öxn tvá Hymis.
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