Illa Di\u00f0andi
rei Hermr aptr lei sna ok kom sgar ok sagi ll tindi au
er hann hafi st ok heyrt.
'v nst sendu sir um allan heim rindreka at bija at Baldr vri
grtinn r Helju. En allir geru at, menninir ok kykvendin ok jrin ok
steinarnir ok tr ok allr mlmr, sv sem munt st hafa at essir
hlutir grta er eir koma r frosti ok
hita. er sendimenn fru heim ok hfu vel rekit sn eyrindi, finna
eir helli nokkvorum hvar ggr sat. Hon nefndisk kk. eir bija hana
grta Baldr r Helju. Hon segir:
"kk mun grta
urrum trum
Baldrs blfarar.
Kyks daus
nautka ek karls sonar:
haldi Hel v er hefir."
'En ess geta menn at ar hafi verit Loki Laufeyjarson er flest hefir
illt gert me sum.'