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Vafthruthnismol

Then soon shall we know  whose knowledge is more,
 The guest's or the sage's gray."

  Othin spake:
10.[1] "If a poor man reaches  the home of the rich,
 Let him wisely speak or be still;
For to him who speaks  with the hard of heart
 Will chattering ever work ill."

  Vafthruthnir spake:
11. "Speak forth now, Gagnrath,  if there from the floor
 Thou wouldst thy wisdom make known:
What name has the steed  that each morn anew
 The day for mankind doth draw?"

  Othin spake:
12.[2] "Skinfaxi is he,  the steed who for men
 The glittering day doth draw;
The best of horses  to heroes he seems,
 And brightly his mane doth burn."

  Vafthruthnir spake:
13.[3] "Speak forth now, Gagnrath,  if there from the floor

  1. ↑ This stanza sounds very much like many of those in the first part of the Hovamol, and may have been introduced here from some such source.
  2. ↑ Skinfaxi: "Shining-Mane."
  3. ↑

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