Skirnir spake:
21. "Then do I bring thee | the ring that was burned
Of old with Othin's son;
From it do eight | of like weight fall
On every ninth night."
Gerth spake:
22. "The ring I wish not, | though burned it was
Of old with Othin's son;
In Gymir's home | is no lack of gold
In the wealth my father wields."
Skirnir spake:
23. "Seest thou, maiden, | this keen, bright sword
That I hold here in my hand?
Thy head from thy neck | shall I straightway hew,
If thou wilt not do my will."
Gerth spake:
24. "For no man's sake | will I ever suffer
To be thus moved by might;
But gladly, methinks, | will Gymir seek
To fight if he finds thee here."
Skirnir spake:
25. "Seest thou, maiden, | this keen, bright sword
That I hold here in my hand?
Before its blade the | old giant bends,--
Thy father is doomed to die.
[21. Ring: the ring Draupnir ("Dropper") was made by the dwarfs for Othin, who laid it on Baldr's pyre when the latter's corpse was
burned (Cf. Voluspo, 32 and note, and Baldrs Draumar). Baldr, however, sent the ring back to Othin from hell. How Freyr obtained it
is nowhere stated. Andvari's ring (Andvaranaut) had a similar power of creating gold; cf. Reginsmol, prose {footnote p. 115} after
stanza 4 and note. Lines 3 and 4 of this stanza, and the first two of stanza 22, are missing in the Arnamagnćan Codex.
25. The first two lines are abbreviated in both manuscripts.]
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Skírnir kvađ:
21. "Baug ek ţér ţá gef, ţann er brenndr var
međ ungum Óđins syni;
átta eru jafnhöfđir, er af drjúpa
ina níundu hverja nótt."
Gerđr kvađ:
22. "Baug ek ţikk-a-k, ţótt brenndr séi
međ ungum Óđins syni;
er-a mér gulls vant í görđum Gymis,
at deila fé föđur."
Skírnir kvađ:
23. "Sér ţú ţenna mćki, mćr, mjóvan, málfáan,
er ek hef í hendi hér?
Höfuđ höggva ek mun ţér hálsi af,
nema ţú mér sćtt segir."
Gerđr kvađ:
24. "Ánauđ ţola ek vil aldregi
at mannskis munum;
ţó ek hins get, ef it Gymir finnizk,
vígs ótrauđir, at ykkr vega tíđi."
Skírnir kvađ:
25. "Sér ţú ţenna mćki, mćr, mjóvan, málfáan,
er ek hef í hendi hér?
Fyr ţessum eggjum hnígr sá inn aldni jötunn,
verđr ţinn feigr fađir.
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