und, Volsung's son, dr

to, yet she bade her father rule in this as in all other things that concerned her, so the king took such rede 17 that he gave her to him, and she was betrothed to King Siggeir; and for the fulfilling of the feast and the wedding, was King Siggeir

all men; and suchlike array he had, that over him was a spotted cloak, and he was bare-foot, and had linen-breeches knit tight even unto the bone, and he had a sword in his hand as he went up to the Branstock, and a slouched hat u

he same as a gift from me, and shall find in good sooth

from the hall, and none knew

ter other; but none who came thereto might avail to pull it out, for in nowise would it come away howsoever they tugged at it; but now up comes Sigmund, King Volsung's son, and sets hand to the sword, and pulls it from

it had been thy lot to bear it; but now, since it has first of all fallen into my h

reas was a wary man and a double-dealing, he made as if he heeded this matter in nowise, yet th