(2)
So thereafter Sigmund turned back home, and drave away the queen,
and a little after she died. But Sigmund the king yet ruled his
realm, and is deemed ever the greatest champion and king of the
old law.
ENDNOTES:
(1) Weregild, fine for man-slaying ("wer", man, and "gild", a
payment).
(2) The man in the boat is Odin, doubtless.
CHAPTER XI.
Of King Sigmund's last Battle, and of how he must yield up his
Sword again.
There was a king called Eylimi, mighty and of great fame, and his
daughter was called Hjordis, the fairest and wisest of womankind;
and Sigmund hears it told of her that she was meet to be his
wife, yea if none else were. So he goes to the house of King
Eylimi, who would make a great feast for him, if so be he comes
not thither in the guise of a foe. So messages were sent from
one to the other that this present journey was a peaceful one,
and not for war; so the feast was held in the best of wise and
with many a man thereat; fairs were in every place established
for King Sigmund, and all things else were done to the aid and
comfort of his journey: so he came to the feast, and both kings
hold their state in one hall; thither also was come King Lyngi,
son of King Hunding, and he also is a-wooing the daughter of King
Eylimi.
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