In this section of a larger work, one character introduces himself as Gagnard, and the title character of this work frequentl
In this section of a larger work, one character introduces himself as Gagnard, and the title character of this work frequently uses the formulation "since on the hall floor you want to try your luck." The last section of this work is in the galdralag meter though most of it, as befits a poem about wisdom, is in the ljodahattr meter. After demanding twelve answers from the title being, a character in this work introduces every one of his stanzas with the phrase, "much have I traveled, much have I tried out, much have I tested the powers." This work features a similar trick to the one used to defeat King Heidrik in the Heidrikssaga, and among the predictions of the title character are that Lif and Lifthrasir will survive Fimbulvetr and that Vidar will kill Fenrir. The main speaker in this work eventually demands that the title character tell him what the former whispered into Balder's ear as Balder lay on his funeral pyre, at which point the title character concedes the contest. For ten points, identify this poem from the Elder Edda, in which Odin wins a contest of wisdom over the titular giant.
In this section of a larger work, one character introduces himself as Gagnard, and the title character of this work frequently uses the formulation "since on the hall floor you want to try your luck."
{Vafthrudnismal} or {Vafthrudnir's Sayings}