Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
King Sigmund, the son of Volsung, had a wife Borghild, from Bralund. They named their son Helgi, after Helgi Hjorvarthsson; Hagal was Helgi’s foster-father. Hunding was the name of a powerful king, and Hundland is named from him. He was a mighty warrior, and had many sons with him on his campaigns. There was enmity and strife between these two, King Hunding and King Sigmund, and each slew the other’s kinsmen. King Sigmund and his family were called Volsungs and Ylfings.
Helgi went as a spy to the home of King Hunding in disguise. Haeming, a son of King Hunding’s, was at home. When Helgi went forth, then he met a young herdsman, and said:
“Say to Haeming that Helgi knows
Whom the heroes in armor hid;
A gray wolf had they within their hall,
Whom King Hunding Hamal thought.”
~ Helgakvitha Hundingsbana 2, Introduction and Stanza 1
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Quoth raven to raven, on treetop resting, Seeking for food, “There is something I know,
“In mail-coat stands the son of Sigmund, A half-day old; now day is here; His eyes flash sharp as the hero’s are, He is friend of the wolves; full glad are we.”
The warrior throng a ruler thought him, Good times, they said, mankind should see; The king himself from battle-press came, To give the prince a leek full proud.
Helgi he named him, and Hringstathir gave him, Solfjoll, Snaefjoll, and Sigarsvoll, Hringstoth, Hotun, and Himinvangar, And a blood-snake bedecked to Sinfjotli’s brother.
Mighty he grew in the midst of his friends, The fair-born elm, in fortune’s glow; To his comrades gold the gladly gave, The hero spared not the blood-flecked hoard.
~ Helgakvitha Hundingsbana 1, Stanzas 6 through 10
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Hjorvarth was the name of a king, who had four wives: one was called Alfhild, and their son was named Hethin; the second was called Saereith, and their son was named Humlung; the third was called Sinrjoth, and their son was named Hymling. King Hjorvarth had made a great vow to have as wife whatsoever woman he knew was fairest. He learned that King Svafnir had a daughter fairer than all others, whose name was Sigrlin. Ithmund was the name of one of his jarls; he had a son called Atli, who went to woo Sigrlin on behalf of the king. He dwelt the winter long with King Svafnir. There was a jarl called Franmar, Sigrlin’s foster-father; his daughter was named Alof. The jarl told him that the maiden’s hand was denied, and Atli went home. Atli, the jarl’s son, stood one day in a certain wood; a bird sat in the branches up over him, and it had heard that his men called Hjorvarth’s wives the fairest of women. The bird twittered, and Atli hearkened to what it spoke.
~ Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, the introduction
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