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Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I

  Gothmund spake:
42.[1] "Thou didst not father  Fenrir's-wolves,
Though older thou art  than all I know;
For they gelded thee  in Gnipalund,
The giant-women  at Thorsnes once.

43.[2] "Under houses the stepson  of Siggeir lay,
Fain of the wolf's cry  out in the woods;
Evil came then  all to thy hands,
When thy brothers'  breasts thou didst redden,
Fame didst thou win  for foulest deeds.

44.[3] "In Bravoll wast thou  Grani's bride,
Golden-bitted  and ready to gallop;
I rode thee many  a mile, and down
Didst sink, thou giantess,  under the saddle."

  Sinfjotli spake:
45.[4] "A brainless fellow  didst seem to be,
When once for Gollnir  goats didst milk,

  1. ↑ Fenrir's-wolves: wolves in general. Thorsnes: "Thor's Cape."
  2. ↑ The phrase "under houses," which follows the manuscript, may be an error for "in wolf-caves." Line 3 (or 4) may be an interpolation. The manuscript indicates line 5 as the beginning of a new stanza. Siggeir: cf. stanza 38, note.
  3. ↑ Several editions assign this stanza to Sinfjotli instead of to Gothmund. Bravoll ("Field of the Brow"): not elsewhere mentioned in the poems. Grani: Sigurth's horse (cf. Völundarkvitha, 16 and note); Gothmund means that Sinfjotli had turned into a mare, after the fashion of Loki (cf. Grimnismol, 44, note). The meaning of line 4 in the original is uncertain.
  4. ↑ A few editions give this stanza to Gothmund. Gollnir:

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