Though likely it is | that our lives shall be short.”
[27]. Then bright shone the morning, | the men all were ready,
They said, and yet each | would the other hold back;
Five were the warriors, | and their followers all
But twice as many,— | their minds knew not wisdom.
[28]. Snævar and Solar, | they were sons of Hogni,
Orkning was he called | who came with the others, [[510]]
Blithe was the shield-tree, | the brother of Kostbera;
The fair-decked ones followed, | till the fjord divided them,
Full hard did they plead, | but the others would hear not.