But now, while they
were covering in the barrow with the turf-slips, thither came
Signy, bearing straw with her, and cast it down to Sinfjotli, and
bade the thralls hide this thing from the king; they said yea
thereto, and therewithal was the barrow closed in.
But when night fell, Sinfjotli said to Sigmund, "Belike we shall
scarce need meat for a while, for here has the queen cast swine's
flesh into the barrow, and wrapped it round about on the outer
side with straw."
Therewith he handles the flesh and finds that therein was thrust
Sigmund's sword; and he knew it by the hilts as mirk as it might
be in the barrow, and tells Sigmund thereof, and of that were
they both fain enow.
Now Sinfjotli drave the point of the sword up into the big stone,
and drew it hard along, and the sword bit on the stone. With
that Sigmund caught the sword by the point, and in this wise they
sawed the stone between them, and let not or all the sawing was
done that need be done, even as the song sings:
"Sinfjotli sawed
And Sigmund sawed,
Atwain with main
The stone was done.
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