Freyja spake:
31. "False is thy tongue, | and soon shalt thou find
That it sings thee an evil song;
The gods are wroth, | and the goddesses all,
And in grief shalt thou homeward go."
Loki spake:
32. "Be silent, Freyja! | thou foulest witch,
And steeped full sore in sin;
In the arms of thy brother | the bright gods caught thee
When Freyja her wind set free."
Njorth spake:
33. "Small ill does it work | though a woman may have
A lord or a lover or both;
But a wonder it is | that this womanish god
Comes hither, though babes he has borne."
Loki spake:
34. "Be silent, Njorth; | thou wast eastward sent,
To the gods as a hostage given;
And the daughters of Hymir | their privy had
When use did they make of thy mouth."
Njorth spake:
35. "Great was my gain, | though long was I gone,
To the gods as a hostage given;
The son did I have | whom no man hates,
And foremost of gods is found."
[32. Before each of stanzas 32-42 the manuscript indicates the speaker, through the initial letter of the name written in the margin. Thy brother: Freyr; there
is no other indication that such a relation existed between these two, but they themselves were the product of such a union; cf. stanza 36 and note.
33. Njorth: father of Freyr and Freyja, and given by the Wanes as a hostage, in exchange for Hönir, at the close of the first war; Cf. Voluspo, 21 and note,
also Skirnismol, introductory prose and note. Babes: cf. stanza 23 and note. Bugge suggests that this clause may have been a late insertion.
34. Daughters of Hymir: we have no clue to who these were, though Hymir is doubtless the frost-giant of the Hymiskvitha (q.v.). Loki's point is that Njorth is
not a god, but the product of an inferior race (the Wanes).
35. The son: Freyr.]
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Freyja kvað:
31. "Flá er þér tunga, hygg ek, at þér fremr myni
ógótt of gala;
reiðir ro þér æsir ok ásynjur,
hryggr muntu heim fara."
Loki kvað:
32. "Þegi þú, Freyja, þú ert fordæða
ok meini blandin mjök, síz þik at bræðr þínum
stóðu blíð regin ok myndir þú þá, Freyja, frata."
Njörðr kvað:
33. "Þat er válítit, þótt sér varðir
vers fái, hós eða hvárs;
hitt er undr, er áss ragr er hér inn of kominn
ok hefir sá börn of borit."
Loki kvað:
34. "Þegi þú, Njörðr, þú vart austr heðan
gíls of sendr at goðum;
Hymis meyjar höfðu þik at hlandtrogi
ok þér i munn migu."
Njörðr kvað:
35. "Sú erumk líkn, er ek vark langt heðan
gísl of sendr at goðum, þá ek mög gat,
þann er mangi fíár, ok þykkir sá ása jaðarr."
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