8. A cup must be blessed, And against peril guarded, And garlick in the liquor cast; Then I know Thou wilt never have Mead with treachery mingled. 9. Biarg-(help-)runes thou must know, If thou wilt help And loose the child from women; In the palm they must be graven, And round the joints be clasped, And the dises prayed for aid. 10. Brim-(sea-)runes thou must know, If thou wilt have secure Afloat thy sailing steeds. On the prow they must be risted, And on the helm-blade, And with fire to the oar applied. No surge shall be so towering, Nor waves so dark, But from the ocean thou safe shalt come, 11. Lim-(branch-)runes thou must know. If thou a leech would be, And wounds know how to heal. On the bark they must be risted, And on the leaves of trees, Of those whose boughs bend eastward. 12. Mál-(speech-)runes thou must know, If thou wilt that no one For injury with hate requite thee. Those thou must wind, Those thou must wrap round, Those thou must altogether place In the assembly, Where people have Into full court to go. 13. Hug-(thought-)runes thou must know, If thou a wiser man wilt be Than every other. Those interpreted, Those risted, Those devised Hropt,[23] From the fluid Which had leaked From Heiddraupner’s[24] head, And from Hoddropner’s horn. 14. On a rock he stood, With edged sword, A helm on his head he bore. Then spake Mimer’s head Its first wise word, And true sayings uttered. 15. They are, it is said, On the shield risted Which stands before the shining god, On Aarvak’s[25] ear, And on Alsvinn’s hoof, On the wheel which rolls Under Rogner’s[26] car, On Sleipner’s teeth, And on the sledge’s bands.