(For him in truest | trust he held.)
[15]. “More than all | to me is Brynhild,
Buthli’s child, | the best of women;
My very life | would I sooner lose
Than yield the love | of yonder maid.
[16]. “Wilt thou the hero | for wealth betray? [[426]]
’Twere good to have | the gold of the Rhine,
And all the hoard | in peace to hold,
And waiting fortune | thus to win.”
[a]17]. Few the words | of Hogni were: