Who said this?
Many Eddic poems are conversations: insults at a feast, a contest of riddles, a ferryman who will not row. Here is a stanza with the speaker's name removed. Pick who said it. There are 462 stanzas in the pool, from Lokasenna to the heroic lays.
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"In a single breastI never have seenMore wealth of wisdom old;But with treacherous wilesmust I now betray thee:The day has caught thee, dwarf!(Now the sun shines here in the hall.)"
Who said it?
Thor, in Alvíssmál 35.
"Now do I saythat in SevafjollAught may happen,early or late,Since thou sleepest claspedin a corpse's arms,So fair in the hill,the daughter of Hogni!(Living thou comest,a daughter of kings.)
Who said it?
"Eighth answer me well,if wise thou art called,If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:What farthest backdost thou bear in mind?For wide is thy wisdom, giant!"
Who said it?
Othin, in Vafþrúðnismál 34.
"The mountains shake,and surely I thinkFrom his home comes Hlorrithi now;He will silence the manwho is slandering hereTogether both gods and men."
Who said it?
Beyla, in Lokasenna 55.
"Long is one night,longer are two;How then shall I bear three?Often to mehas a month seemed lessThan now half a night of desire."
Who said it?
Freyr, in Skírnismál 43.
"Bethink thee, Eldir,if thou and IShall strive with spiteful speech;Richer I growin ready wordsIf thou speakest too much to me."
Who said it?
Loki, in Lokasenna 5.
"Trouble I have,and tidings as well:Thrym, king of the giants,keeps thy hammer,And back againshall no man bring itIf Freyja he wins notto be his wife."
Who said it?
Loki, in Þrymskviða 10.
"My tidings allmust I truly learnEre homeward hence I ride:How soon thou wiltwith the mighty sonOf Njorth a meeting make."
Who said it?
Skirnir, in Skírnismál 39.
"Be silent, Byggvir!thou never couldst setTheir shares of the meat for men;Hid in straw on the floor,they found thee notWhen heroes were fain to fight."
Who said it?
Loki, in Lokasenna 46.
"In the home of the Wanesdid the wise ones create him,And gave him as pledge to the gods;At the fall of the worldshall he fare once moreHome to the Wanes so wise."
Who said it?
"Ever remember,ruler of men,That fortune liesin the hero's life;A nobler manshall never liveBeneath the sunthan Sigurth shall seem."
Who said it?
Gripir, in Grípisspá 53.
"Thou liest now, Atli,though little I heed it;If I seldom was kindly,full cruel wast thou;Ye brothers fought young,quarrels brought you to battle,And half went to hellof the sons of thy house,And all was destroyedthat should e'er have done good.