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Svipdagsmol

Bjort and Bleik,  Blith and Frith,
 Eir and Aurbotha."

  Svipdag spake:
55.[1] "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask,
 For now the truth would I know:
Aid bring they to all  who offerings give,
 If need be found therefor?"

  Fjolsvith spake:
56.[2] "Soon aid they all  who offerings give
 On the holy altars high;
And if danger they see  for the sons of men,
 Then each from ill do they guard."

  Svipdag spake:
57. "Now answer me, Fjolsvith,  the question I ask,
 For now the truth would I know:
Lives there the man  who in Mengloth's arms
 So fair may seek to sleep?"

  Fjolsvith spake:
58. "No man there is  who in Mengloth's arms
 So fair may seek to sleep.
Save Svipdag alone,  for the sun-bright maid
 Is destined his bride to be."

  1. ↑ One of the manuscripts omits stanzas 55 and 56.
  2. ↑ The first line is based on a conjectural emendation.

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