Then was Sigurd glad, and went home.
But Regin said, "Now whereas I have made the sword for thee,
belike thou wilt hold to thy troth given, and wilt go meet
Fafnir?"
"Surely will I hold thereto," said Sigurd, "yet first must I
avenge my father."
Now Sigurd the older he grew, the more he grew in the love of all
men, so that every child loved him well.
CHAPTER XVI.
The prophecy of Grifir.
There was a man hight Grifir,(1) who was Sigurd's mother's
brother, and a little after the forging of the sword Sigurd went
to Grifir, because he was a man who knew things to come, and what
was fated to men: of him Sigurd asked diligently how his life
should go; but Grifir was long or he spake, yet at the last, by
reason of Sigurd's exceeding great prayers, he told him all his
life and the fate thereof, even as afterwards came to pass. So
when Grifir had told him all even as he would, he went back home;
and a little after he and Regin met.
Then said Regin, "Go thou and slay Fafnir, even as thou hast
given thy word.
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