Bitter at heart | the host beheld.

[33]. Then Gothmund asked, | goodly of birth,

. . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .

“Who is the monarch | who guides the host,

And to the land | the warriors leads?”

[34]. Sinfjotli answered, | and up on an oar

Raised a shield all red | with golden rim; [[301]]

A sea-sentry was he, | skilled to speak,

And in words with princes | well to strive.

[35]. “Say tonight | when you feed the swine,