By the rail of ship, | and the rim of shield,

By the shoulder of steed, | and the edge of sword,

That to Völund’s wife | thou wilt work no ill,

Nor yet my bride | to her death wilt bring,

Though a wife I should have | that well thou knowest,

And a child I should have | within thy hall.

[36]. “Seek the smithy | that thou didst set,

Thou shalt find the bellows | sprinkled with blood;

I smote off the heads | of both thy sons,

And their feet ’neath the sooty | straps I hid.