**Stanza 38-39:** Odin asks the giant Vafþrúðnir about the origin of Njörðr.
Óðinn said:
38. ‘Say this as the tenth thing, since you, Vafþrúðnir,
may know all the fates of the gods:
whence Njǫrðr came among the sons of the Æsir;
he rules a hundred temples and altars,
and he was not born to the Æsir.’
Vafþrúðnir said:
39. ‘In Vanaheimr wise powers created him,
and gave him as a hostage to the gods;
at the age’s end he will come back
home among wise Vanir.’
**Stanza 16:** The poem describes the halls of the gods. Njörðr's home, Nóatún, is mentioned.
‘Nóatún is the eleventh, and there Njǫrðr has
built halls for himself;
a lord of men, the blameless one
rules a high-built altar.
**Stanza 43:** Freyr is refered as son of Njörðr
‘Ívaldi’s sons went in early days
to build Skíðblaðnir,
best of ships, for shining Freyr,
for the able son of Njǫrðr.
**Stanza 33-34-35-36:** Njörðr defends Freyja and Fǫr SkírnisLoki insults Njörðr, referencing his status as a hostage during the Æsir-Vanir war. and Njörðr responds.
Njǫrðr said:
33. ‘It matters little, even if women get themselves
a husband, a lover or both;
it’s an outrage that a perverted Áss has come in here,
and this one’s borne children!’
Loki said:
34. ‘Silence, Njǫrðr! You were sent east from here
as a hostage to the gods;
Hymir’s daughters had you as a piss-trough,
and peed in your mouth!’
Njǫrðr said:
35. ‘This is my comfort, when I was sent far from here
as a hostage to the gods:
I fathered a son then, the one whom no one hates,
and he’s considered the Æsir’s protector!’
Loki said:
36. ‘Leave off now, Njǫrðr, keep yourself in check!
I’ll not keep this secret any longer:
you begot such a boy on your sister,
and yet that’s no worse than expected!
**Prose Introduction:** Freyr is mentioned as son of Njörðr and Njordr ask Skirnir(Freyr’s servant) to go talk to him.
Freyr, son of Njǫrðr, had sat himself in Hliðskjálf, and he looked through all worlds.5 He looked into Jǫtunheimar6 and saw there a fair maiden as she walked from her father’s hall to her bower.7 From this he received great sicknesses of heart.
Freyr’s servant was called Skírnir.8 Njǫrðr asked him to get Freyr to talk.
**Stanza 38-39:** Freyr is referenced again as the son of Njörðr.
Skírnir said:
38. ‘My whole errand I want to know
before I ride home from here,
[I want to know] when you, at a tryst, will submit to
the mature son of Njǫrðr.’
Gerðr said:
39. ‘It’s called Barri, which we both know,
a grove of the calm-weather traveller(?);
and there, after nine nights,65 Gerðr will give pleasure
to Njǫrðr’s son.’
**Stanza 41:** Freyr is once again referenced again as the son of Njörðr.
Skírnir said:
‘It’s called Barri, which we both know,
a grove of the calm-weather traveller(?);
and there, after nine nights, Gerðr will give pleasure
to Njǫrðr’s son.’
Stanza 22: Freyja is referenced as daughter of Njörðr.
Then Þrymr, lord of giants, said this:
‘Stand up, giants, and strew the benches!
Now they’re fetching me Freyja for a wife,
Njǫrðr’s daughter, from Nóatún!