If still I should fight, | and warriors fell,

Brave in my byrnie, | my brother defying;

That would wide | in the world be known,

And sorrow for many | a man would make.

[39]. “But the bond at last | I let be made,

For more the hoard | I longed to have,

The rings that the son | of Sigmund won;

No other’s treasure | e’er I sought.

[a]40]. “One alone | of all I loved,

Nor changing heart | I ever had;