Oh, mindest thou not, Sigurd, the words
we spoke when we went into one bed together, that thou wouldst
come and look on me; yea, even from thine abiding place among the
dead?
And thus had the words of her sorrow an end.
ENDNOTE:
(1) Weed (A.S. "weodo"), clothing.
(2) Grave-ale, burial-feast.
CHAPTER XLIII.
The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings.
Now telleth the tale concerning the sons of Gudrun, that she had
arrayed their war-raiment in such wise, that no steel would bite
thereon; and she bade them play not with stones or other heavy
matters, for that it would be to their scathe if they did so.
And now, as they went on their way, they met Erp, their brother,
and asked him in what wise he would help them.
He answered, "Even as hand helps hand, or foot helps foot."
But that they deemed naught at all, and slew him there and then.
Then they went their ways, nor was it long or ever Hamdir
stumbled, and thrust down his hand to steady himself, and spake
therewith --
"Naught but a true thing spake Erp, for now should I have fallen,
had not hand been to steady me.
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