Introductory Note
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Bellows, Henry Adams
Ere thee the hero beholds.
23. “A man shall fight not | when he must face
The moon’s bright sister | setting late; [368]
Win he shall | who well can see,
And wedge-like forms | his men for the fray.
24. “Foul is the sign | if thy foot shall stumble
As thou goest forth to fight;
Goddesses baneful | at both thy sides
Will that wounds thou shalt get.
25. “Combed and washed | shall the wise man go,
And a meal at morn shall take;
For unknown it is | where at eve he may be;
It is ill thy luck to lose.”
Sigurth had a great battle with Lyngvi, the son of [369]Hunding, and his brothers; there Lyngvi fell, and his two brothers with him. After the battle Regin said:
26. “Now the bloody eagle | with biting sword
Is carved on the back | of Sigmund’s killer;
Few were more fierce | in fight than his son,
Who reddened the earth | and gladdened the ravens.”
Sigurth went home to Hjalprek’s house; thereupon Regin egged him on to fight with Fafnir. [356]