EGIL I love—I love thee!

[He bites her hand. Screaming, she draws away from him and clings to the dwarf.]

THORDIS Arfi!

ARFI [Facing Egil.] Brother!

WULDOR Blood! He hath bit her hand. Ho, sacrilege!

EGIL The maid is mine.

ARFI The maid is Odin’s.

ROLF [Seizing Yorul’s arm, points at Egil.] See! His eyes grow small and blaze!

YORUL He is possessed; Some god afflicts him.

[With a gesture of fury, Egil rushes upon Arfi.]