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Gripisspo

The hardy sons  of Hunding thou
Soon shalt fell,  and victory find."

  Sigurth spake:
10. "Noble king,  my kinsman, say
Thy meaning true,  for our minds we speak:
For Sigurth mighty  deeds dost see,
The highest beneath  the heavens all?"

  Gripir spake:
11.[1] "The fiery dragon  alone thou shalt fight
That greedy lies  at Gnitaheith;
Thou shalt be of Regin  and Fafnir both
The slayer; truth  doth Gripir tell thee."

  Sigurth spake:
12. "Rich shall I be  if battles I win
With such as these,  as now thou sayest;
Forward look,  and further tell:
What the life  that I shall lead?"

  Gripir spake:
13.[2] "Fafnir's den  thou then shalt find,
And all his treasure  fair shalt take;

  1. ↑ The dragon: Fafnir, brother of the dwarf Regin, who turns himself into a dragon to guard Andvari's hoard; cf. Reginsmol and Fafnismol. Gnitaheith: a relic of the German tradition; it has been identified as lying south of Paderborn.
  2. ↑ Gjuki: the Norse form of the name Gibeche ("The Giver"). Gjuki is the father of Gunnar, Hogni, and Guthrun, the family which reflects most directly the Burgundian part

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