Would the spotted snake still possess,
Hadst thou not excited me to fight.
Then went Regin to Fafner and cut the heart out of him with the sword called Ridel, and afterwards drank the blood from the wound. He said:
Sit down now, Sigurd!
I will go to sleep:
Hold Fafner’s heart by the fire.
Such a repast
Will I partake of
After this drink of blood.
SIGURD: