King Gylfi grants a wandering woman as much land as four oxen can plow in a day and a night, and the goddess Gefjun attaches it to Denmark as the island of Zealand.
Konungr sá er Gylfi er nefndr réð fyrir þeim löndum er nú er kallat Svíþjóð. Hann gaf einni farandkonu at launum skemtunar sinnar eitt plógsland í ríki sínu, þat er fjórir œxn drægi upp á dœgr ok nótt.
The king named Gylfi ruled over those lands now called Sweden. He gave a wandering woman, as reward for her entertainment, a plowland in his kingdom, as much as four oxen could turn up in a day and a night.
Sú kona var af Ásaætt. Hon er nefnd Gefjun. Hon tók fjóra oxn norðr af Jötunheimum, sonu sína ok eins jötuns, ok setti þá í pló. En plórinn gekk svá hart ok djúpt at hann rauf upp jörðina, ok drógu oxnarnir þá eyna út í hafít ok vestr ok námu staðar í sundi þat er nú er kallat Öresundr.
This woman was of the Aesir kin and was named Gefjun. She took four oxen from the north, from Jotunheim, her sons by a giant, and set them to the plow. The plow drove so hard and deep that it tore up the earth, and the oxen dragged that piece of land westward out to sea, and they stopped in the sound now called the Oresund.
Eddic quotations
Gefjun gleðr sér gullhring þanns gat hon af Gylfa, svá at hon brá broddi bjartra augna:
Gefjun delighted in the gold ring she won from Gylfi, tilting it with the point of her bright eyes.