Jökul was slain in fair fight;[[8]] thy kinsmen did me a worse wrong when they sent thee to Iceland and beguiled me into adopting[[9]] thee, unwitting who thou wert.

Hiördis.

Honour, and no wrong, was thy lot in fostering Jökul’s daughter.

Örnulf.

Nought but strife hast thou brought me, that I know.

Hiördis.

Sterner strife may be at hand, if——

Örnulf.

I came not hither to bandy words with women!—Gunnar, hear my last word: art willing to make atonement?

Hiördis.