That bind full fast; | few shall ye keep;

One night when Gjuki’s | guest thou hast been,

Will Heimir’s fosterling | fade from thy mind.”

Sigurth spake:

[a]32]. “What sayst thou, Gripir? | give me the truth,

Does fickleness hide | in the hero’s heart?

Can it be that troth | I break with the maid,

With her I believed | I loved so dear?”

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Gripir spake: