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[4]
Né flat mátto
mærir tívar
oc ginregin
of geta hvergi,
unz af tryg›om
T‡r Hlórri›a
ástrá› mikit
einom sag›i:
[5]
‘B‡r fyr austan
Élivága
hundvíss Hymir,
at himins enda;
á minn fa›ir,
mó›ugr, ketil,
rúmbrug›inn hver,
rastar diúpan.’
[6]
‘Veiztu, ef fliggiom
flann lƒgvelli?’
‘Ef, vinr, vélar
vi› gorvom til.’8
The two then set off east to giant-land until they come to a certain Egill, who
takes into keeping the goats that draw fiórr’s chariot (st. 7). fiórr and his friend
then proceed to the hall of Hymir, where Hymir’s wife welcomes them and
refers to fiórr’s companion as sonr ‘son’ and áttni›r jƒtna ‘kinsmen of giants’.
fiórr is so voracious that Hymir wants them to go fishing the following day.
They do so, but apparently without fiórr’s companion, and it is then that fiórr
famously catches the world serpent Mi›gar›sormr, which forms the central
8 Neckel and Kuhn 1983 I:88-89. ‘Nor could/ the glorious gods,/ the mighty powers,/ acquire
it [i.e. a sufficiently big cauldron] anywhere,/ until out of good faith/ Týr gave Hlórriði [=
Þórr] alone/ great friendly advice: [5] „To the east/ of Élivágar/ lives the very wise Hymir,/ at
the end of heaven./ My fierce father/ owns a cauldron,/ a vast kettle,/ a mile deep.“ [6] „Do
you know if we can get/ that ale-brewer?“/ „If, my friend,/ we resort to cunning.“’