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Poetic Edda

I was first and last  at the deadly fight
 There where Thjazi we caught."

  Skathi spake:
51. "Wert thou first and last  at the deadly fight
 There where Thjazi was caught,
From my dwellings and fields  shall ever come forth
 A counsel cold for thee."

  Loki spake:
52.[1] "More lightly thou spakest  with Laufey's son,
 When thou badst me come to thy bed;
Such things must be known  if now we two
 Shall seek our sins to tell."

Then Sif came forward and poured mead for Loki in a crystal cup, and said:

53.[2] "Hail to thee, Loki,  and take thou here
 The crystal cup of old mead;
For me at least,  alone of the gods,
 Blameless thou knowest to be."

  1. ↑ Laufey's son: Loki; not much is known of his parents beyond their names. His father was the giant Farbauti, his mother Laufey, sometimes called Nal. There is an elaborate but far-fetched hypothesis explaining these three on the basis of a nature-myth. There is no other reference to such a relation between Skathi and Loki as he here suggests.
  2. ↑ Sif: Thor's wife; cf. Harbarthsljoth, 48, where her infidelity is again mentioned. The manuscript omits the proper name

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