"
And therewith she call to mind how they met, they two, on the
mountain, and swore oath each to each.
"But now is all changed and I will not live."
"I might not call to mind thy name," said Sigurd, "or know time
again, before the time of thy wedding; the greatest of all griefs
is that."
Then said Brynhild, "I swore an oath to wed the man who should
ride my flaming fire, and that oath will I hold to, or die."
"Rather than thou die, I will wed thee, and put away Gudrun."
said Sigurd.
But therewithal so swelled the heart betwixt the sides of him,
that the rings of his byrny burst asunder.
"I will not have thee," says Brynhild, "nay, nor any other!"
Then Sigurd got him gone.
So saith the song of Sigurd --
"Out then went Sigurd,
The great kings' well-loved,
From the speech and the sorrow,
Sore drooping, so grieving,
That the shirt round about him
Of iron tings woven,
From the sides brake asunder
Of the brave in the battle.
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