And cleave the byrnie | with Fafnir’s killer.”

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Sigurth spake:

[a]16]. “The mail-coat is broken, | the maiden speaks,

The woman who | from sleep has wakened;

What says the maid | to Sigurth then

That happy fate | to the hero brings?”

Gripir spake:

[a]17]. “Runes to the warrior | will she tell,

All that men | may ever seek,