Then spoke Gangleri: 'Why is there such a great difference between the warmth of summer and the cold of winter?'
High said: 'So wise a man should not need to ask, for everyone is able to tell that, but if you have got to be the only one so ill-informed that you have never heard it, then I will look on it kindly that you should for once show your ignorance in asking rather than that you should continue unaware of what you ought to know. Svasud is the name of the one that is father of Summer, and he is so blissful in his life that it is from his name that what is pleasant is called svaslig [delightful]. And Winter's father is called either Vindloni or Vindsval. He is Vasad's son, and members of this family have been grim and cold-hearted, and Winter inherits their nature.'