sentences:  Gerðr asks the stranger if he is of the elves, Æsir, or the Vanir, and why he comes alone "over the wild fire" to seek their company.Skírnir responds that he is of none of these groups, yet that he has indeed sought her out.Skírnir offers Gerðr 11 golden apples (or apples of eternal life, in a common emendation) to gain her favor.