Fafnismol - Episode 104
Mar 18th, 2009 by spokenlore
Sigurth concealed his name because it was believed in olden times that the word of a dying man might have great power if he cursed his foe by his name. He said: “The Noble Hart my name, and I go A motherless man abroad; Father I had not, as others have, And lonely ever I live.”
Fafnir spake: “If father thou hadst not, as others have, By what wonder wast thou born? (Though thy name on the day of my death thou hidest, Thou knowest now thou dost lie.)”
Sigurth spake: “My race, methinks, is unknown to thee, And so am I myself; Sigurth my name, and Sigmund’s son, Who smote thee thus with the sword.”
Fafnir spake: “Who drove thee on? why wert thou driven My life to make me lose? A father brave | had the bright-eyed youth, For bold in boyhood thou art.”
Sigurth spake: “My heart did drive me, my hand fulfilled, And my shining sword so sharp; Few are keen when old age comes, Who timid in boyhood be.”
~ Fafnismol, Stanzas 2 through 6
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