[In quiet sorrow.] Now is Hiördis surely dead.

Örnulf.

So it must be, Gunnar;—and my vengeance was rather against her than thee. Dear has this meeting been to both of us;—there is my hand; be there peace between us!

Gunnar.

Thanks, Örnulf! And now aboard; I sail with thee to Iceland.

Örnulf.

Ay, to Iceland! Long will it be ere our forthfaring is forgotten.

Weapon-wielding warriors’ meeting,

woful, by the norland seaboard,

still shall live in song and saga