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Poetic Edda

And greeted well  the warrior come:"Sigurth, welcome  long since had been thine;Now, Geitir, shalt thou  Grani take."
6. Then of many  things they talked,When thus the men  so wise had met.
  Sigurth spake:"To me, if thou knowest,  my mother's brother,Say what life  will Sigurth's be."
  Gripir spake:7. "Of men thou shalt be  on earth the mightiest,And higher famed  than all the heroes;Free of gold-giving,  slow to flee,Noble to see,  and sage in speech."
  Sigurth spake:8. "Monarch wise,  now more I ask;To Sigurth say,  if thou thinkest to see,What first will chance  of my fortune fair,When hence I go  from out thy home?"
  Gripir spake:9.[1] "First shalt thou, prince,  thy father avenge,And Eylimi,  their ills requiting;

    Grani: Sigurth's horse. According to the Volsungasaga his father was Sleipnir, Othin's eight-legged horse, and Othin himself gave him to Sigurth. The introductory note to the Reginsmol tells a different story.

  1. ↑ Thy father: on the death of Sigmund and Eylimi at the hands of Hunding's sons see Fra Dautha Sinfjotla and note.

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