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Skirnismol

  Gerth spake:
38. "Find welcome rather,  and with it take
 The frost-cup filled with mead;
Though I did not believe  that I should so love
 Ever one of the Wanes."

  Skirnir spake:
39. "My tidings all  must I truly learn
 Ere homeward hence I ride:
How soon thou wilt  with the mighty son
 Of Njorth a meeting make."

  Gerth spake:

40.[1] Barri there is,  which we both know well,
 A forest fair and still;
And nine nights hence  to the son of Njorth
 Will Gerth there grant delight."

Then Skirnir rode home. Freyr stood without, and spoke to him, and asked for tidings:

41. "Tell me, Skirnir,  ere thou take off the saddle,
 Or farest forward a step:
What hast thou done  in the giants' dwelling
 To make glad thee or me?"

    into two half-lines. A charm: literally, the rune Thurs (Þ); the runic letters all had magic attributes; cf. Sigrdrifumol, 6-7 and notes.

  1. ↑ Barri: "The Leafy."

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