Gangleri wonders what Allfather occupied himself with before the world was created, and High explains that he dwelt among the frost-giants and that the void of Ginnungagap then existed.
Þá mælti Gangleri: 'Hvat hafðisk hann þá at áðr en heimar væri gerðir?' Hár segir: 'Þá var hann með hrímþursum.'
Then Gangleri said: 'Where was Allfather when Ginnungagap existed, before the world was created?' High answers: 'He dwelt among the frost-giants.'
Eddic quotations
Ár var alda, þat er Ymir bygði, vara sandr né sær né svalar unnir, jörð fannsk æva né upphiminn, gap var ginnunga, en gras hvergi.
Early in ages, when Ymir lived, there was no sand nor sea nor cool waves; earth was not found, nor sky above, Ginnungagap gaped, and grass grew nowhere.