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 of Sigmund, the most famed of all the young men who now are.

Then said the man, “Naught but one thing, certes, do all say of him, that none among the sons of kings may be likened unto him; now fain were I that ye would shorten sail on some of the ships, and take me aboard.”

Then they asked him of his name, and he sang—

They made for land therewith, and took that man aboard.

Then quoth Sigurd, as the song says—

Quoth Hnikar—