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Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II

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Helgi took Sigrun to wife, and they had sons. Helgi did not reach old age. Dag, the son of Hogni, offered sacrifice to Othin to be avenged for his father's death; Othin gave Dag his spear. Dag found Helgi, his brother-in-law, at a place which is called Fjoturlund. He thrust the spear through Helgi's body. Then Helgi fell, and Dag rode to Sevafjoll and told Sigrun the tidings:[1]

28.[2] "Sad am I, sister,  sorrow to tell thee,Woe to my kin  unwilling I worked;In the morn there fell  at FjoturlundThe noblest prince  the world has known,(And his heel he set  on the heroes' necks.)"
  Sigrun spake:29.[3] "Now may every  oath thee biteThat with Helgi  sworn thou hast,By the water  bright of Leipt,And the ice-cold  stone of Uth.
  1. ↑ Prose. Here begins a new section of the poem, dealing with Helgi's death at the hands of Dag, Sigrun's brother. The note is based wholly on stanzas 28-34, except for the introduction of Dag's name (cf. note on prose following stanza 16), and the reference to Othin's spear, the weapon which made victory certain, and which the annotator brought in doubtless on the strength of Dag's statement that Othin was responsible for Helgi's death (stanza 33). Fjoturlund ("Fetter-Wood"): mentioned only here and in stanza 28.
  2. ↑ Line 5 looks like an interpolation.
  3. ↑ Leipt: this river is mentioned in Grimnismol, 28. Uth: a

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