Shall belong to thee alone.”

Sigurth spake:

[a]39]. “Not so rich a fate | shall Regin have [[383]]

As the tale of my death to tell;

For soon the brothers | both shall die,

And hence to hell shall go.”

Sigurth hewed off Regin’s head, and then he ate Fafnir’s heart, and drank the blood of both Regin and Fafnir. Then Sigurth heard what the nut-hatch said:

[40]. “Bind, Sigurth, the golden | rings together,

Not kingly is it | aught to fear;

I know a maid, | there is none so fair,