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VAFTHRUDNIS.
Vindsualer^[1] first bade snow arise:
Suasuder^[2] fires the summer skies:
These two shall hold alternate reign,
Long as the Gods their faith maintain.

GANRADE.
This fifth thing tell, since thou art wise,
And sacred truth thy speech supplies;
Who, eldest in the Asori clime,
Issued at the birth of time?
And who ’mong Ymer’s progeny?

VAFTHRUDNIS.
When wintry storms o’erspread the sky,
E’er yet from ocean rose the earth,

1. Vindsualer—The Father of Winter.
2. Suasuder—The Father of Summer.