"
Said Fafnir, "Whereas thou hast neither father nor mother, of
what wonder weft thou born then? But now, though thou tellest me
not thy name on this my death-day, yet thou knowest verily that
thou liest unto me."
He answered, "Sigurd am I called, and my father was Sigmund."
Says Fafnir, "Who egged thee on to this deed, and why wouldst
thou be driven to it? Hadst thou never heard how that all folk
were adrad of me, and of the awe of my countenance? But an eager
father thou hadst, O bright eyed swain!"
Sigurd answered, "A hardy heart urged me on hereto, and a strong
hand and this sharp sword, which well thou knowest now, stood me
in stead in the doing of the deed. `Seldom hath hardy eld a
faint-heart youth.'"
Fafnir said, "Well, I wot that hadst thou waxed amid thy kin,
thou mightest have good skill to slay folk in thine anger; but
more of a marvel is it, that thou, a bondsman taken in war,
shouldst have the heart to set on me, `for few among bondsmen
have heart for the fight.
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