Hverr er sá inn eini, er sefr í ösgrúa,
ok af grjóti einu görr?
Föður né móður áat sá inn fagrgjarni;
þar mun hann sinn aldr ala.
Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
Hverr er sá inn eini, er sefr í ösgrúa, ok görr af grjóti einu? Sá inn fagrgjarni áat föður né móður; þar mun hann ala aldr sinn. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
Who is that, the lone one, who sleeps in the ash-grate, and is struck from stone alone? That bright-eager one has neither father nor mother; there he must spend his life. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.
[3] af grjóti einu ‘from stone alone’: The U redaction appears to be unhappy with the accuracy of this claim, reading af grjóti ok jarni ‘of stone and iron’. Flint needs to be struck with iron or steel to produce sparks to kindle fire, though there is no reason why the riddle should necessarily refer to both; cf. Heiðr 63, Note to [All], about obsidian, a flint-stone.