wind with it wherever it would sail. Lastly, they made the spear Gugner,
which always hit its mark in battle.

Then Loki wagered his head against the dwarf Brock, that his brother,
Eitri, could not forge three such valuable things as these. They went to
the forge. Eitri set the bellows to the fire, and bid his brother,
Brock, blow. While he was blowing there came a fly that settled on his
hand and bit him, but he blew without stopping till the smith took the
work out of the fire, and it was a boar, and its bristles were of gold.

Eitri then put gold into the fire, and bid his brother not stop blowing
till he came back. He went away, and the fly came and settled on Brock's
neck, and bit him more severely than before, but he blew on till the
smith came back, and took out of the fire the gold ring which is called
Draupnir.

Then he put iron into the fire, and bid Brock blow, and said that if he
stopped blowing all the work would be lost. The fly settled between
Brock's eyes, and bit so hard that the blood ran down so that he could
not see. So, when the bellows were down, he caught at the fly in all
haste, and tore off its wings. When the smith came he said that all that
was in the fire was nearly spoiled. Then he took out of it the hammer,
Mjolnir. He then gave all the things to his brother Brock, and bade him
go with them to Asgard, and settle the wager.

Loki produced his articles, and Odin, Thor, and Frey were the judges.
Then Loki gave to Odin the spear Gugner, and to Thor the hair that Sif
was to have, and to Frey Skidbladnir, and told them what virtues those
things possessed. Brock took out his articles, and gave to Odin the
ring, and told him that every ninth night there would drop from it eight