Helgi spake:

[21]. “Fear him not, | though Isung he felled,

First must our courage | keen be tried,

Before unwilling | thou fare with the knave;

Weapons will clash, | if to death I come not.”

[22]. Messengers sent | the mighty one then,

By land and by sea, | a host to seek,

Store of wealth | of the water’s gleam,

And men to summon, | and sons of men.

[23]. “Bid them straightway | seek the ships,