[13]. “Happy I grew | in the hero’s hall

As the warriors wished, | and they loved me well;

Glad I was | of my father’s gifts,

For winters five, | while my father lived.

[14]. “These were the words | the weary king,

Ere he died, | spake last of all:

He bade me with red gold | dowered to be,

And to Grimhild’s son | in the South be wedded.

[15]. “But Brynhild the helm | he bade to wear,

A wish-maid bright | he said she should be;