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Poetic Edda

  Fjolsvith spake:
"Greeting full fair  thou never shalt find,
 So hence shalt thou get thee home.

20. "Fjolsvith am I,  and wise am I found,
 But miserly am I with meat;
Thou never shalt enter  within the house,—
 Go forth like a wolf on thy way!"

  Svipdag spake:
21. "Few from the joy  of their eyes will go forth,
 When the sight of their loves they seek;
Full bright are the gates  of the golden hall,
 And a home shall I here enjoy."

  Fjolsvith spake:
22.[1] "Tell me now, fellow,  what father thou hast,
 And the kindred of whom thou camst."

  Svipdag spake:
"Vindkald am I,  and Varkald's son,
 And Fjolkald his father was.

23. "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask,
 For now the truth would I know:

    speeches in stanzas 17-20, in the absence of any indications in the manuscripts, is more or less guesswork.

  1. ↑ Vindkald ("Wind-Cold"), Varkald ("Cold of Early Spring") and Fjolkald ("Much Cold"): Svipdag apparently seeks to persuade Fjolsvith that he belongs to the frost giants.

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