Brynhild spake:
[20]. “Now shalt thou choose, | for the choice is given,
Thou tree of the biting blade;
Speech or silence, | ’tis thine to say,
Our evil is destined all.”
Sigurth spake:
[21]. “I shall not flee, | though my fate be near,
I was born not a coward to be; [[397]]
Thy loving word | for mine will I win,
As long as I shall live.”