and transcribe Nari as Váli. Nari and Narfi are otherwise considered to be variations of the same name. Excerpts Thorpe's Translation. Loki: "Hail, Æsir! Hail, Asyniur! And ye, all-holy gods! all, save that one man, who sits within there, Bragi, on yonder bench." Bragi: "I know that were I without, as I am now within, the hall of Ægir, I thy head would bear in my hand, and so for lying punish thee." Loki: "Valiant on thy seat art thou, Bragi! but so thou shouldst not be, Bragi, the bench's pride! Go and fight, if thou art angry; a brave man sits not considering." Idunn stepped in to protect her husband. Idunn: "I pray thee, Bragi! let avail the bond of children, and of all adopted sons, and to Loki speak not in reproachful words, in Ægir's hall." Loki: "Be silent, Idunn! of all women I declare thee most fond of men, since thou thy arms, carefully washed, didst twine round thy brother's murderer." Idunn: "Loki I address not with opprobrious words, in Ægir's hall. Bragi I soothe, by beer excited. I desire not that angry ye fight." Gefjun: "Why will ye, Æsir twain, here within, strive with reproachful words? Lopt perceives not that he is deluded, and is urged on by fate." Loki: "Be silent, Gefjun! I will now just mention, how that fair youth thy mind corrupted, who thee a necklace gave, and around whom thou thy limbs didst twine?" Odin interfered, but Loki called him "unmanly" as well. Odin: "Knowest thou that I gave to those I ought not – victory to cowards? Thou was eight winters on the earth below, milked cow as a woman, and didst there bear children. Now that, methinks, betokens a base nature." Loki: "But, it is said, thou wentest with tottering steps in Samsö, and knocked at houses as a Vala. (Vala: seeress) In likeness of a fortune teller, thou wentest among people; Now that, methinks, betokens a base nature." Frigg tried to defend her husband. Frigg: "Your doings ye should never publish among men, what ye, Æsir twain, did in days of yore. Ever forgotten be men's former deeds!" Loki: "Be thou silent, Frigg! Thou art Fjorgynn's daughter, and ever hast been lustful, since Ve and Vili, it is said, thou, Vidrir's wife, didst (Vidrir: another name of Odin, Ve and Vili: Odin's brothers) both to thy bosom take." Freyja: