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Gripisspo
Hero noble, hold that sure;
Lofty as long as the world shall live,
Battle-bringer, thy name shall be."
Lofty as long as the world shall live,
Battle-bringer, thy name shall be."
Sigurth spake:
24. "Nought could seem worse, but now must part
The prince and Sigurth, since so it is;
My road I ask,— the future lies open,—
Mighty one, speak, my mother's brother."
24. "Nought could seem worse, but now must part
The prince and Sigurth, since so it is;
My road I ask,— the future lies open,—
Mighty one, speak, my mother's brother."
Gripir spake:
25. "Now to Sigurth all shall I say,
For to this the warrior bends my will;
Thou knowest well that I will not lie,—
A day there is when thy death is doomed."
25. "Now to Sigurth all shall I say,
For to this the warrior bends my will;
Thou knowest well that I will not lie,—
A day there is when thy death is doomed."
Sigurth spake:
26. "No scorn I know for the noble king,
But counsel good from Gripir I seek;
Well will I know, though evil awaits,
What Sigurth may before him see."
26. "No scorn I know for the noble king,
But counsel good from Gripir I seek;
Well will I know, though evil awaits,
What Sigurth may before him see."
Gripir spake:
27.[1] "A maid in Heimir's home there dwells,
Brynhild her name to men is known,
Daughter of Buthli, the doughty king,
And Heimir fosters the fearless maid."
27.[1] "A maid in Heimir's home there dwells,
Brynhild her name to men is known,
Daughter of Buthli, the doughty king,
And Heimir fosters the fearless maid."
- ↑ Brynhild ("Armed Warrior"): on her and her family see Introductory Note and note to stanza 19.
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