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013 - Skaldskaparmal 36-41 · Prose Edda

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  Speaker 1: Skuldkparmal, sections thirty six to forty one of the prose
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  Speaker 1: etta by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur eighteen
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  Speaker 1: eighty eight nineteen seventy one. This LibriVox recording is in
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  Speaker 1: the public domain recording by expatriate in Bangor, Maine. Section
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  Speaker 1: thirty six one. May hear how gold is metaphorically called
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  Speaker 1: Fula's snood in this verse which ivender Skuld Despoiler wrought
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  Speaker 1: Fula's shining filet the forehead sun at rising shown on
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  Speaker 1: the swelling shield hill. For skalds all hawk Cones life
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  Speaker 1: days section thirty seven, gold is called Freya's tears. As
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  Speaker 1: was said before, so sang Scully torsteinsun Many, a fearless swordsman,
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  Speaker 1: received the tears of Freya the o' the morn when
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  Speaker 1: Foemen we murdered, we were present. And as Ininar Sculasen
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  Speaker 1: sang where mounted TwixT the carvings the tear of Mardoulieth,
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  Speaker 1: we bear the axe shields splitting swollen with serpent's lair gold.
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  Speaker 1: And here Ininar has further paraphrase Freya so as to
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  Speaker 1: call her mother a pnos or wife of Oder as
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  Speaker 1: standeth below the shield tempests strong rufice with tear gold
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  Speaker 1: is unminished eye reign of Oder's bed mate, his age
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  Speaker 1: the king so useth. And again thus Horn's child the
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  Speaker 1: glorious adornment I own gold wound, a jewel most fair
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  Speaker 1: to the shield's rim. Fast is the golden sea flame
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  Speaker 1: on the gem. Freyer's niece the tear drift of the
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  Speaker 1: forehead of her mother. She bears the raven Feeder gave
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  Speaker 1: me Frodi's seed, gold's fostering. It is also recorded here
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  Speaker 1: that one may paraphrase Freya by calling her sister of Frere,
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  Speaker 1: and thus also a defense of songs full goodly. He
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  Speaker 1: freely gave me neighbor of sea scales. I praise gladly
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  Speaker 1: Nuider's daughter's golden gem child. Here she is called daughter
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  Speaker 1: of Nirder. And again thus the awesome stately Urger of Odin,
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  Speaker 1: He who raises the struggle stern, gave to me the
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  Speaker 1: courage stalwart daughter of the vanabride my fair axe. The
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  Speaker 1: valorous sword. Mote's ruler led Geffen's girl to the Skald's
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  Speaker 1: bed set with the sea flames gold work. Here she
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  Speaker 1: is called Geffen and bride of the Vanier. It is
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  Speaker 1: proper to join tears with all the names of Freya,
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  Speaker 1: and to call gold by such terms, and in diverse ways.
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  Speaker 1: These paraphrases have been varied, so that gold is called
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  Speaker 1: or rain or snowstorm, or drops or showers or waterfalls
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  Speaker 1: of fraya's eyes or cheeks, or brows or eyelids section
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight. In this place one may hear that gold
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  Speaker 1: is called word or voice of giants. As we have
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  Speaker 1: said before, Thus sang Broggy the Skald. Then had I
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  Speaker 1: the third friend, fairly praised the poorest in the voice
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  Speaker 1: of the botched nobs Ali. But best of all to
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  Speaker 1: me he called a rock botched knob and a giant
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  Speaker 1: Ali of rock and gold voice of the giant Section
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine. For what reason is gold called otter's where gild?
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  Speaker 1: It is related that when certain of the esir Odin
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  Speaker 1: and Loki and he Neer went forth to explore the earth,
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  Speaker 1: they came to a certain river and proceeded along the
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  Speaker 1: river to a waterfall. And beside the fall was an
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  Speaker 1: otter which had take make and a salmon from the fall,
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  Speaker 1: and was eating, blinking his eyes the while Then Loki
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  Speaker 1: took up a stone and cast it at the otter
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  Speaker 1: and struck its head. And Loki boasted in his catch
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  Speaker 1: that he had got otter and salmon with one blow.
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  Speaker 1: Then they took up the salmon and the otter and
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  Speaker 1: bore them along with them, And coming to the buildings
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  Speaker 1: of a certain farm, they went in. Now the husbandman
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  Speaker 1: who dwelt there was named Hriedmar. He was a man
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  Speaker 1: of much substance and very skilled in black magic. The
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  Speaker 1: esir asked him for a night's lodging, saying that they
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  Speaker 1: had sufficient food with them, and showed him their catch.
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  Speaker 1: But when Hriedmar saw the otter straightway, he called to him.
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  Speaker 1: His sons foff near and ragging, and told them that
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  Speaker 1: the otter their brother, was slain, and who had done
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  Speaker 1: that deed. Now father and sons went up to the esir,
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  Speaker 1: seized them, bound them, and told them about the otter
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  Speaker 1: how he was Hriedmar's son. The aesir offered to ransom
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  Speaker 1: for their lives as much wealth as Hriedmar himself desired
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  Speaker 1: to appoint, and a covenant was made between them on
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  Speaker 1: those terms and confirmed with oaths. Then the otter was
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  Speaker 1: flayed and hriedmar taking the otter skin, bade them fill
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  Speaker 1: the skin with red gold and also cover it altogether,
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  Speaker 1: and that should be the condition of the covenant between them. Thereupon,
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  Speaker 1: Odin sent Loki into the land of the black elves,
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  Speaker 1: and he came to the dwarf who was called Anvari,
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  Speaker 1: who was as a fish in the water. Loki caught
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  Speaker 1: him in his hands and required of him, in ransom
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  Speaker 1: of his life, all the gold that he had in
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  Speaker 1: his rock. And when they came within the rock, the
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  Speaker 1: dwarf brought forth all the gold he had, and it
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  Speaker 1: was very much wealth. Then the dwarf quickly swept under
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  Speaker 1: his hand one little gold ring, but Loki saw it
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  Speaker 1: and commanded him to give over the ring. The dwarf
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  Speaker 1: prayed him not to take the ring from him, saying
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  Speaker 1: that from this ring he could multiply wealth for himself
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  Speaker 1: if he might keep it. Loki answered that he should
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  Speaker 1: not have one penny left, and took the ring from
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  Speaker 1: him and went out. But the dwarf declared that that
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  Speaker 1: ring should be the ruin of every one who should
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  Speaker 1: come into possession of it. Loki replied that this seemed
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  Speaker 1: well enough to him, and that this condition should hold good,
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  Speaker 1: provided that he himself brought it to the ears of
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  Speaker 1: them that should receive the ring and the curse. He
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  Speaker 1: went his way and came to Hridmar's dwelling and showed
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  Speaker 1: the gold to Odin. But when Odin saw the ring,
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  Speaker 1: it seemed fair to him, and he took it away
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  Speaker 1: from the treasure and paid the gold to Hridmar. Then
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  Speaker 1: Hriidmar filled the otter skin as much as he could
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  Speaker 1: and set it up when it was full. Next Odin
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  Speaker 1: went up, having the skin to cover with gold, and
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  Speaker 1: he bade Hriedmar look whether the skin were yet altogether hidden.
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  Speaker 1: But Hriidmar looked at it searchingly and saw one of
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  Speaker 1: the hairs of the snout, and commanded that this be covered,
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  Speaker 1: else their covenant should be at an end. Then Odin
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  Speaker 1: drew out the ring and covered the hair, saying that
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  Speaker 1: they were now delivered from their debt for the slaying
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  Speaker 1: of the Otter. But when Odin had taken his spear
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  Speaker 1: and Loki his shoes, and they had no longer any
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  Speaker 1: need to be afraid, then Loki declared that the curse
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  Speaker 1: which Anvari had uttered should be fulfilled, that this ring
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  Speaker 1: and this gold should be the destruction of him who
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  Speaker 1: received it, and that was fulfilled afterward. Now it has
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  Speaker 1: been told, wherefore gold is called Otter's where guild or
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  Speaker 1: force payment of the eesir or metal of strife. Section forty.
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  Speaker 1: What more is to be said of the gold? Pridemar
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  Speaker 1: took the gold for his son's war gild, but Fafnir
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  Speaker 1: and Regine claimed some part of their brother's blood money
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  Speaker 1: for themselves. Pridemar would not grant them one penny of
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  Speaker 1: the gold. This was the wicked purpose of those brethren.
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  Speaker 1: They slew their father for the gold. Then Regin demanded
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  Speaker 1: that Fafnir share the gold with him half for half.
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  Speaker 1: Fafnir answered that there was little chance of his sharing
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  Speaker 1: it with his brother, seeing that he had slain his
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  Speaker 1: father for its sake, and he bade Regin go. Hence
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  Speaker 1: Elsie should fare even as Hriedmar. Fafnir had taken the
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  Speaker 1: helmet which Hriedmar had possessed, and set it upon his head.
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  Speaker 1: This helmet was called the helm of terror, of which
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  Speaker 1: all living creatures that see it are afraid, and the
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  Speaker 1: sword called Hrati. Regin had that sword, which was named Raphael.
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  Speaker 1: So he fled away, and Fafnir went up to Geneta
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  Speaker 1: heath and made himself a lair, and turned himself into
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  Speaker 1: a serpent, and laid him down upon the gold. Then
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  Speaker 1: Ragin went to King hilprecher at Tioud, and there he
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  Speaker 1: became his smith, and he took into his fostering Sigudur,
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  Speaker 1: son of Sigmunder full Sungor son and of Hurdis, daughter
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  Speaker 1: of Ailimi. Sigudur was most illustrious of all host kings
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  Speaker 1: in race, in prowess and in mind. Ragin declared to
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  Speaker 1: him where Fafnir lay on the gold, and incited him
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  Speaker 1: to seek the gold. Then Regin fashioned the sword Grammer,
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  Speaker 1: which was so sharp that Sigurdur, bringing it down into
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  Speaker 1: running water, cut asunder a flock of wool, which drifted
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  Speaker 1: down stream onto the sword's edge. Next, Sigurdur clove Ragin's
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  Speaker 1: envil down to the stalk with a sword. After that
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  Speaker 1: they went Sigurdur and Regin to Gneta heath, and there
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  Speaker 1: Sigurdor dug a pit in Fafnir's way and laid himself
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  Speaker 1: in ambush therein, And when Fafnir glided toward the water
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  Speaker 1: and came above the pit, Sigurdurd straightway thrust his sword
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  Speaker 1: through him, and that was his end. Then Raging came forward,
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  Speaker 1: saying that Segurdur had slain his brother, and demanded, as
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  Speaker 1: a condition of reconciliation, that he take Fafnir's heart and
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  Speaker 1: roast it with fire. And Ragin laid him down and
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  Speaker 1: drank the blood of Fafnir and settled himself to sleep.
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  Speaker 1: But when Sigurdour was roasting the heart, and thought that
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  Speaker 1: it must be quite roasted, he touched it with his
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  Speaker 1: finger to see how hard it was, and then the
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  Speaker 1: juice ran out from the heart on to his finger,
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  Speaker 1: so that he was burned, and put his finger to
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  Speaker 1: his mouth as soon as the heart's blood came upon
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  Speaker 1: his tongue. Straightway. He knew the speech of birds, and
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  Speaker 1: he understood what the nuthatches were saying, which were sitting
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  Speaker 1: in the trees. Then one spake, there sits Sigurdour blood
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  Speaker 1: besprinkled Fafnir's heart with flame. He roasteth wise seemed to
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  Speaker 1: me the spoiler of rings. If the gleaming life fiber
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  Speaker 1: he ate there lies, Raging sang another reed. He pawned
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  Speaker 1: would betray the youth who trusteth in him. In his wrath,
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  Speaker 1: he plots wrong accusation, the smith of Bale would avenge
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  Speaker 1: his brother. Then Segurdu went over to Regging and slew him,
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  Speaker 1: and thence to his horse, which was named Grannie, and
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  Speaker 1: rode till he came to Fafnir's lair. He took up
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  Speaker 1: the gold trusted up in his saddle bags, laid it
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  Speaker 1: upon Grannie's back, mounted up himself, and then rode his ways.
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  Speaker 1: Now the tale is told why gold is called lair
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  Speaker 1: or abode of Fafnir or metal of Ginnita heath or
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  Speaker 1: Grannie's burden. Section forty one. Then Sigurdur rode on till
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  Speaker 1: he found a house on the mountain, wherein a woman
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  Speaker 1: in helm and Bernie, lay sleeping. He drew his sword
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  Speaker 1: and cut the Bernie from her. She awoke then and
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  Speaker 1: gave her name as Hilder. She is called Brynhilder and
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  Speaker 1: was the Valkir. Sigurdur rode away and came to the
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  Speaker 1: king who was named Gyuki, whose wife was Grimhildur. Their
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  Speaker 1: children were Gunnar, Hugni Gudrun. Gudni got Homer with Gyuki's
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  Speaker 1: step son. Segurdur tarried there a long time, and then
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  Speaker 1: he obtained the hand of Gudrun, daughter of Giuki, and Gunnar,
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  Speaker 1: and Hugni swore oaths the blood brotherhood with Sigurdur. Thereafter,
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  Speaker 1: Segurdur and the sons of Gyuki went unto Atli, Budli's son,
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  Speaker 1: to sue for the hand of brin Hildur, his sister
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  Speaker 1: in marriage to Gunnar. Bryn Hildur abode on Hinda fell,
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  Speaker 1: and about her hull there was a flaring fire, and
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  Speaker 1: she had made a solemn vow to take none but
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  Speaker 1: that man who should dare to ride through the flaring fire.
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  Speaker 1: Then Sigurdur and the sons of Gyuki, who were also
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  Speaker 1: called Niflungs, rode up on to the mountain. And Gunnar
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  Speaker 1: should have ridden through the flaring fire, but he had
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  Speaker 1: the horse named Goti, and that horse dared not leap
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  Speaker 1: into the fire. So they exchanged shapes Sigurdur and Gunnar,
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  Speaker 1: and names likewise, for Grani would go under no man
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  Speaker 1: but Sigurdur. Then Sigurdur leapt on too Grani and rode
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  Speaker 1: through the flaring fire. That eve he was wedded with Brynhildur,
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  Speaker 1: But when they came to bed, he drew the sword
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  Speaker 1: Grommer from its sheath and laid it between them. In
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  Speaker 1: the morning, when he arose and clothed himself, he gave
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  Speaker 1: Brinhilder as Linenfee the same gold ring which Loki had
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  Speaker 1: taken from Anvari, and took another ring from her hand
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  Speaker 1: for remembrance. Then Sigurdur mounted his horse and rode to
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  Speaker 1: his fellows, and he and Gunnar changed shapes again and
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  Speaker 1: went home to Gyuki with bryn Hildur. Sigurdur and Gudrun
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  Speaker 1: had two children, Sigmunder and swan Hildur. It befell. On
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  Speaker 1: a time that Brynhildur and Gudrun went to the water
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  Speaker 1: to wash their hair, and when they came to the river,
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  Speaker 1: brin Hildr waded out from the bank well into the river,
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  Speaker 1: saying that she would not touch to her head the
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  Speaker 1: water which ran out of the hair of Gudrun, since
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  Speaker 1: herself had the more valorous husband. Then Gudrun went into
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  Speaker 1: the river after her and said that it was her
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  Speaker 1: right to wash her hair higher up stream for the
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  Speaker 1: reason that she had to husband such a man, as
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  Speaker 1: neither Gunnar nor any other in the world matched in valor.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing that he had slain Faffnier and Ragging, and succeeded
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  Speaker 1: to the heritage of both. And Brynhilder made answer, it
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  Speaker 1: was a matter of greater worth that Gunnar rode through
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  Speaker 1: the flaring fire and Sigurdur durst not. Then Gudrun laughed
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  Speaker 1: and said, dost thou think that Gunnar rode through the
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  Speaker 1: flaring fire? Now? I think that he who went into
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  Speaker 1: the bride bed with thee was the same that gave
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  Speaker 1: me this gold ring. And the gold ring which thou
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  Speaker 1: barest on thine hand and did received for Linenfee is
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  Speaker 1: called Anvari's yield, And I believe that it was not
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  Speaker 1: Gunnar who got that ring on ganita heath. Then Brynhildr
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  Speaker 1: was silent and went home. After that, she egged on
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  Speaker 1: Gunnar and Hugni to slay Sigurdur, But because they were
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  Speaker 1: Sigurdur's sworn blood brothers, they stirred up goat Hormer, their brother,
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  Speaker 1: to slay him. He thrust his sword through Segurdur as
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  Speaker 1: he slept, but when Sigurdur felt the wound, he hurled
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  Speaker 1: his sword Grommer after goat Hormor, so that it cut
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  Speaker 1: them in asunder. At the middle there fell Sigurdur and Sigmunder,
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  Speaker 1: his son of three winters, whom they slew. Then brin
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  Speaker 1: Hildur stabbed herself with a sword, and she was burned
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  Speaker 1: with Sigurdur. But Gunnar and Hugni took Fafnir's heritage and
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  Speaker 1: Anvari's yield, and ruled the lands thereafter. King Atli, Budli's
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  Speaker 1: son and brother of Brynhildur, then wedded Gudrun, whom Segurdur
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  Speaker 1: had had to wife, and they had children. King Otli
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  Speaker 1: invited to him Gunnar and Hugni, and they came at
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  Speaker 1: his invitation. Yet before they departed from their land, they
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  Speaker 1: hid the gold Foffner's heritage in the rhine, and that
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  Speaker 1: gold has never since been found. Now King OTLEI had
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  Speaker 1: a host in readiness and fought with Gunnar and Hugni,
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  Speaker 1: and they were made captive. King Otli bade the heart
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  Speaker 1: be cut out of Hugni alive, and that was his end.
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  Speaker 1: Gunnar he caused to be cast into a den of serpents,
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  Speaker 1: but a harp was brought secretly to Gunnar, and he
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  Speaker 1: struck it with his toes, his hands being bound. He
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  Speaker 1: played the harp, so that all the serpents fell asleep,
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  Speaker 1: saving only one adder, which glided over to him and
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  Speaker 1: gnawed into the cartilage of his breastbone, so far that
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  Speaker 1: her head sank within the wound, and she cloved to
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  Speaker 1: his liver till he died. Gunnar and Hugni were called
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  Speaker 1: Niflungs and geu Kungs, for which reason gold is called
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  Speaker 1: treasure or heritage of the Niflungs. A little while after,
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  Speaker 1: Gudrun slew her two sons and caused flagons to be
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  Speaker 1: made of their skulls, set with gold and silver. Then
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  Speaker 1: the funeral feast was held for the Niflungs. And at
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  Speaker 1: this feast Gudrun had mead poured into the flagons for
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  Speaker 1: King Atli, and the mead was mixed with the blood
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  Speaker 1: of the boys. Moreover, she caused their hearts to be
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  Speaker 1: roasted and set before the king that he might eat
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  Speaker 1: of them. And when he had eaten, then she herself
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  Speaker 1: told him what she had done with many scathing words.
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  Speaker 1: There was no lack of strong drink there so that
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  Speaker 1: most of the company had fallen asleep where they sat.
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  Speaker 1: That night. She went to the king while he slept
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  Speaker 1: and Hugni's son with her, they smote the king, and
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  Speaker 1: that was the death of him. Then they set fire
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  Speaker 1: to the hall and burned the folk that were within.
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  Speaker 1: After that, she went to the shore and leaped into
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  Speaker 1: the sea, desiring to make an end of herself. But
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  Speaker 1: she was tossed by the billows over the firth and
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  Speaker 1: was born to King Yonakar's land. And when he saw her,
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  Speaker 1: he took her to him and wedded her. And they
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  Speaker 1: had three sons, called Surli, Hamdir, and Erper. They were
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  Speaker 1: all raven black of hair, like Gunnar and Hugni and
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  Speaker 1: the other niflungs. There swan Hilder, daughter of the youth Sigurdur,
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  Speaker 1: was reared, and of all women, she was fairest. King
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  Speaker 1: Yrmunrecer the Mighty learned of her beauty and sent his
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  Speaker 1: son Ranver to woo her and bring her to be
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  Speaker 1: his wife. When Ronver had come to the court of Yonaker,
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  Speaker 1: swan Hildr was given into his hands, and he should
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  Speaker 1: have brought her to King yr Munrecer, But Earl Biki
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  Speaker 1: said that it was a better thing for Ranver to
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  Speaker 1: wed swan Hilder, since he and she were both young.
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  Speaker 1: Whereas your Munrekor was old. This council pleased the young
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  Speaker 1: folk well. Thereupon Biki reported the matter to the king straightway.
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  Speaker 1: King jormun Recer commanded that his son be seized and
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  Speaker 1: led to the gallows. Then Ronvert took his hawk and
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  Speaker 1: plucked off its feathers, and bade that it be sent
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  Speaker 1: so to his father, after which he was hanged. But
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  Speaker 1: when King yoormun Reker saw the hawk, suddenly it came
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  Speaker 1: home to him that even as the hawk was featherless
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  Speaker 1: and powerless to fly, so was his kingdom shorn of
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  Speaker 1: its might, since he was old and childless. Then King
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  Speaker 1: yurmun Recer, riding out of the wood where he had
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  Speaker 1: been hunting, beheld swan Hilder as she sat washing her hair.
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  Speaker 1: They rode upon her and trod her to death under
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  Speaker 1: their horses feet. But when Gudrun learned of this, she
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  Speaker 1: urged on her sons to take vengeance for swan Hilder.
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  Speaker 1: When they were preparing for their journey, she gave them
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  Speaker 1: burneys and helmets so strong that iron could not bite
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  Speaker 1: into them. She laid these instructions upon them that when
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  Speaker 1: they were come to King Yurmann Recker. They should go
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  Speaker 1: up to him by night as he slept sorely, and
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  Speaker 1: Humdir should hew off his hands and feet, and Eerper
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  Speaker 1: his head. But when they were on their way, they
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  Speaker 1: asked Ereper what help they might expect from him if
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  Speaker 1: they met King yurmann Recker. He answered that he would
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  Speaker 1: render them such aid as the hand affords the foot.
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  Speaker 1: They said that that help which the foot received from
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  Speaker 1: the hand was altogether nothing. There was so wroth with
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  Speaker 1: their mother that she had sent them away with angry words,
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  Speaker 1: and they desired so eagerly to do what would seem
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  Speaker 1: worse to her, that they slew Eerper, because she loved
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  Speaker 1: him most of all. A little later, while Surli was walking,
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  Speaker 1: one of his feet slipped, and he supported himself on
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  Speaker 1: his hand, and he said, now the hand assists the foot. Indeed,
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  Speaker 1: it were better now that Eerper were living. Now. When
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  Speaker 1: they came to King yurmun Reker by night, where he
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  Speaker 1: was sleeping, and hewed hands and feet off him, he
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  Speaker 1: awoke and called upon his men and bade them arise.
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  Speaker 1: And then hum Der spake, saying the head had been
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  Speaker 1: off by now if Eerpur lived. Then the henchmen rose
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  Speaker 1: up and attacked them, but could not overmaster them with weapons,
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  Speaker 1: and Yurmun record called out to them to beat them
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  Speaker 1: with stones, and it was done there sorely, and Humdir fell,
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  Speaker 1: and now all the house and offspring of Gyuki were dead.
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  Speaker 1: A daughter named Aslaug lived after young Sigurdur. She was
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  Speaker 1: reared with Haimir and Himdalir, and great houses are sprung
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  Speaker 1: from her. It is said that Sigmunder Bolsunger's son was
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: so strong that he could drink venom and receive no hurt,
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  Speaker 1: and simth yutely his son and Sigurdur were so hard
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  Speaker 1: skinned that no venom from without could harm them. Wherefore
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Broggi the Scald has sung. Thus when the wriggling serpent
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: of the Volsung's drink hung writhing on the hook of
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  Speaker 1: the foemen of hill Giant's kindred, most scalds had made
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  Speaker 1: verses and divers short tales from these sagas. Broggie the
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  Speaker 1: Old wrote of the fall of Surli and Humdr in
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  Speaker 1: that song of praise which he composed on Ragnar Lodbruk.
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  Speaker 1: Once your moonrecker awakened to an ill dream, mid the
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: Prince's blood stained, while swords were swirling a brawl burst
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: into the dwelling of Ronver's royal kinsman when the ravens
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: swarthy brothers of Erper took vengeance for all the bitter sorrows.
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  Speaker 1: The bloody dew of corpses or the King's couch streaming
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: fell on the floor, where severed feet and hands, blood
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  Speaker 1: dripping were seen. In the ale Cup's fountain, he fell headlong,
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  Speaker 1: gore blended on the shield leaf of the bushes of
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: Life's land tis painted. There stood the shielded swordsman, steel
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  Speaker 1: biting not surrounding the King's couch, and the brethren hum
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Deer and Surli quickly to the earth, were beaten by
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: the Prince's order to the bride of Odin with hard
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: stones were battered the swirling weapon's urger bade Gyuki's race
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  Speaker 1: be Smitten's sore, who from life were eager to ravish
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  Speaker 1: Van Hilder's lover and all pay Yonaker's offspring with a
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  Speaker 1: fair piercing weapon. The render of Blue Berney's with bitter
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: thrusts and edges, I see the hero's slaughter on the
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: fair shield RIM's surface. Ragnar gave me the ship Moon
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  Speaker 1: with many tails marked on it. End of Skald's Kapormo
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  Speaker 1: section forty one. Recording by expatriate in Bangor, Maine,