Daughter of Buthli, | the doughty king,

And Heimir fosters | the fearless maid.”

[[348]]

Sigurth spake:

[a]28]. “What is it to me, | though the maiden be

So fair, and of Heimir | the fosterling is?

Gripir, truth | to me shalt tell,

For all of fate | before me thou seest.”

Gripir spake:

[a]29]. “Of many a joy | the maiden robs thee,