And the rings thy bane shall be.”

Sigurth spake:

[a]21]. “Thy counsel is given, | but go I shall

To the gold in the heather hidden;

And, Fafnir, thou | with death dost fight,

Lying where Hel shall have thee.”

Fafnir spake:

[22]. “Regin betrayed me, | and thee will betray,

Us both to death will he bring; [[378]]

His life, methinks, | must Fafnir lose,