Stanza 1

Konungsbók	Hauksbók	Combined	Gylfaginning + Variants
R 01	H 01	B 01
Hliods bið ec	Hlioðs bið ek allar	Hljóðs bið ek allar
allar kindir	helgar kind ir	helgar kindir,
meiri & miNi	meiri ok min n i	meiri ok minni,
mavgo heimdalar	mogu hei mdallar	mögu Heimdallar.	H variant may be read as:
vildo at ec ualfa/þ r	villtu at ek vafodrs	Vildu at ek, Valföðr,	Vildu at ek Váföðrs
uel fyr telia	vel framm telia	vel fyr telja	vél fram telja,
forn spioll fíra	forn spioll fira	forn spjöll fira,
þa/ e r fremst u m man.	þau er ek fremz v m man.	þau er fremst um man.
For silence I pray
all children,
great and small,
sons of Heimdall
they will that I Valfather´s [Odin's]
deeds recount,
men´s ancient saws,
those that I best remember.
In the Rigsmál we are informed how Heimdall, under the name Rig, became the progenitor of the three orders of mankind.
As with all story tellings, the author is asking us to be still and listen, so that we may absorb what they are about to tell us. Knowledge is not gleaned when we are distracted by other things.