And when he had pleaded for Helgi with the most dulcet eloquence, Kuse rejoined that his daughter's wish must be consulted, in order that no paternal strictness might forestall anything against her will.

He called her in and asked her whether she felt a liking for her wooer; and when she assented he promised Helgi her hand.
In this way Hother, by the sweet sounds of his fluent and well-turned oratory, opened the ears of Kuse, which were before deaf to the suit he urged.
While this was passing in Halogaland, Balder entered the country of Gewar armed, in order to sue for Nanna.

Gewar bade him learn Nanna's own mind; so he approached the maiden with the most choice and cajoling words; and when he could win no hearing for his prayers, he persisted in asking the reason of his refusal.

She replied, that a god could not wed with a mortal, because the vast difference of their natures prevented any bond of intercourse.

Also the gods sometimes used to break their pledges; and the bond contracted between unequals was apt to snap suddenly.