lt go in before King Heithrek,
And ransom my head for me."

7. "Go thou into thy courtyard
And look to thy dwelling, thou,
While I go in before King Heithrek,
And ask him riddles now."

8. "Thirty are the riddles
And one will I propose ...
(_Riddles lost._)

9. (_First two lines lost._)
Thunder is the red drum
Which beats over all the world."

10. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
Where dost thou know the neighbours,
Both of whom use the same door,
And neither one knows the other?"

11. "My thought and thy thought,
No neighbour is one to other;
Both of them use the same door,
Yet neither knows the other."

12. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
Where dost thou know the brothers
Who roll far away on the outer reefs,
And have neither fathers nor mothers?"

13. "The Western flow and the Eastern flow,
Well may they be called brothers;
They roll far away on the outer reefs
And have neither fathers nor mothers."

14. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
And what can this be now?--
Soft as down and hard as horn,
And white as glistening snow!"

15. "Hear thou this now, Guest the Blind;
This riddle I understand.--
The sea it is both soft and hard,
And flings white spray upon the land."

16. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
Where does the sapling grow,--
Its root is turned towards high Heaven,
And its head turned down below?"

17. "The icicle on the high crags,
No sapling it is I trow,
Yet its root is turned towards high heaven,
And its head turned down below."

18. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
Where does that forest grow,--
It is cut on every holy day,
And yet there is wood enow?"

19. "The beard which grows on each man's chin,
No forest is that I trow,
Though shaved on every holy day,
And yet there is wood enow."

20. "O hearken now, Heithrek my King,
Where dost thou know the brothers,--
Both of them live in the same hall,
And have neither fathers nor mothers?"

21. "Turf clods and brimstones,
Neither of the twain are brothers.
Both of them live in the same hall,
And have neither fathers nor mothers."

22. "The sow she wanders to her