The sixth I know, If a man wounds me With the roots of a young tree;[136] Illness shall eat The man That lays spells on me, Rather than me. The seventh I know, If I see a hall burning Round the sitting men; It burns not so broadly That I cannot save them; Such an incantation can I sing. The eighth I know, Which for every one is Useful to learn; Where hate arises Among sons of kings I can allay it soon. The ninth I know, If I am in need To save my ship afloat, I hush the wind On the waves, And calm all the sea. The tenth I know, If I see hedge-riders[137] Playing in the air, I cause that They go astray Out of their skins, Out of their minds. The eleventh I know, If I shall to battle Lead my old friends, I sing under the shields, And they go with might Safe to the fray, Safe out of the fray, Safe wherever they come from. The twelfth I know, If I see on a tree A halter-corpse[138] swinging; I carve so And draw in runes, That the man shall walk And talk to me. The thirteenth I know, If I do on a young thegn[139] Water sprinkle; He will not fall Though he go into battle; That man sinks not by swords. The fourteenth I know, If I shall reckon up The gods for the host of men; Asar and Alfar[140] I know all well; Few unwise know so much. The fifteenth I know, That which Thjodreyrir[141] sang, The Dverg, before the door of Delling;[142] He sang strength to the Asar And fame to the Alfar, Wisdom to Hroptayr.[143] The sixteenth I know, If of the comely maiden I want all the heart and the love, I change the mind Of the white-armed woman And turn all her heart. The seventeenth I know, That the youthful maiden Will late forsake me. These songs Wilt thou Loddfafnir[144] Long have lacked, Though they are good if thou takest them, Useful if thou learnest them, Profitable if thou takest them.