Now the king deemed he knew that the twain had come thither but
for one errand, and thought withal that war and trouble might be
looked for from the hands of him who brought not his end about;
so he spake to his daughter, and said --
"Thou art a wise woman, and I have spoken it, that thou alone
shalt choose a husband for thyself; choose therefore between
these two kings, and my rede shall be even as thine."
"A hard and troublous matter," says she; "yet will I choose him
who is of greatest fame, King Sigmund to wife albeit he is well
stricken in years."
So to him was she betrothed, and King Lyngi gat him gone. Then
was Sigmund wedded to Hjordis, and now each day was the feast
better and more glorious than on the day before it. But
thereafter Sigmund went back home to Hunland, and King Eylimi,
his father-in-law, with him, and King Sigmund betakes himself to
the due ruling of his realm.
But King Lyngi and his brethren gather an army together to fall
on Sigmund, for as in all matters they were wont to have the
worser lot, so did this bite the sorest of all; and they would
fain prevail over the might and pride of the Volsungs.
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