Stories and Ballads of the Far Past / Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes

by Nora K. Chadwick

Wilt thou give to me,

If I go in before King Heithrek

And ask thy riddles for thee?"

6. "Twelve marks of the red, red gold

Will I give to thee,

If thou wilt go in before King Heithrek,

And ransom my head for me."

7. "Go thou into thy courtyard

And look to thy dwelling, thou,

While I go in before King Heithrek,