Now, Geitir, shalt thou | Grani take.”

[a]6]. Then of many | things they talked,

When thus the men | so wise had met.

Sigurth spake:

“To me, if thou knowest, | my mother’s brother,

Say what life | will Sigurth’s be.”

Gripir spake:

[a]7]. “Of men thou shalt be | on earth the mightiest,

And higher famed | than all the heroes;

Free of gold-giving, | slow to flee,