Hel, Loki's daughter, rules over the dead who die of illness and old age. Her hall is called Eljudnir. Her dish is called Hunger, her knife Famine, and her threshold Stumbling-block.
Hel kastaði Óðinn í Niflheim ok gaf henni vald yfir níu heimum at hon skyldi skipta öllum vistum með þeim er til hennar váru sendir, þeir er deyja af sóttum eða elli. Hon á þar mikla bœ ok garðar hennar eru forkunnar hávir ok grind stór. Hér heitir salr hennar, Hungr disk hennar, Sultr knífrinn, Fallanda Forað þresköldrinn. Lítr hon er blár á hálfu en hitt hálft er líklitr. Hon er mjök hneiginn ok grímoleg.
Odin cast Hel down into Niflheim and gave her power over nine worlds, so that she should assign dwelling places to all those sent to her: those who die of illness or old age. Her hall is called Eljudnir, her dish Hunger, her knife Famine, and her threshold Stumbling-block. Hel is half blue and half of the colour of a corpse. She is greatly stooped and grim to behold.