"
Then said the king, "Let us send a message through all our realm,
and go against them, neither let any who is fain of fight sit
idle at home; let us send word to the sons of Ring, and to King
Hogni, and to Alf the Old, for they are mighty warriors."
So the hosts met at Wolfstone, and fierce fight befell there;
Helgi rushed forth through the host of his foes, and many a man
fell there; at last folk saw a great company of shield-maidens,
like burning flames to look on, and there was come Sigrun, the
king's daughter. Then King Helgi fell on King Hodbrod, and smote
him, and slew him even under his very banner; and Sigrun cried
out --
"Have thou thanks for thy so manly deed! Now shall we share the
land between us, and a day of great good hap this is to me, and
for this deed shalt thou get honour and renown, in that thou hast
felled to earth so mighty a king."
So Helgi took to him that realm and dwelt there long, when he had
wedded Sigrun, and became a king of great honour and renown,
though he has naught more to do with this story.
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