Thou knowest well | that I will not lie,—

A day there is | when thy death is doomed.”

Sigurth spake:

[a]26]. “No scorn I know | for the noble king,

But counsel good | from Gripir I seek;

Well will I know, | though evil awaits,

What Sigurth may | before him see.”

Gripir spake:

[27]. “A maid in Heimir’s | home there dwells,

Brynhild her name | to men is known,