So they sail and have wind at will; but when a few days were
overpast, there arose a great storm on the sea, and the waves
were to behold even as the foam of men's blood; but Sigurd bade
take in no sail, howsoever they might be riven, but rather to lay
on higher than heretofore. But as they sailed past the rocks of
a ness, a certain man hailed the ships, and asked who was captain
over that navy; then was it told him that the chief and lord was
Sigurd, the son of Sigmund, the most famed of all the young men
who now are.
Then said the man, "Naught but one thing, certes do all say of
him, that none among the sons of kings may be likened unto him;
now fain were I that ye would shorten sail on some of the ships,
and take me aboard."
Then they asked him of his name, and he sang --
"Hnikar I hight,
When I gladdened Huginn,
And went to battle,
Bright son of Volsung;
Now may ye call
The carl on the cliff top,
Feng or Fjolnir:
Fain would I with you.
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