Gudmund rode home with intelligence of the hostile armament; whereupon the sons of Granmar collected a host, and many kings came thither.  Among them were Hogni, the father of Sigrun, with his sons, Bragi and Dag.  There was a great battle, and all the sons of Hogni, and all their chiefs were slain, except Dag, who obtained peace, and swore oaths to the Volsungs.  Sigrun, going among the slain, found Hodbrodd at the point of death.  She said: 

23.  Not will Sigrun of Sefafioll, King Hodbrodd! sink in thy arms:  thy life is departed.  Oft the axe’s blade the head approaches of Granmar’s sons.

She then met Helgi, and was overjoyed.  He said: 

24.  Not to thee, all-wise maiden! are all things granted, though, I say, in somewhat are the Norns to blame.  This morn have fallen at Frekastein Bragi and Hogni:  I was their slayer.

25.  But at Styrkleifar King Starkadr, and at Hlebiorg the son of Hrollaug.  That prince I saw of all most fierce, whose trunk yet fought when the head was far.

26.  On the earth lie the greater number of thy kinsmen, to corpses turned.  Thou hast not fought the battle, yet ’twas decreed, that thou, potent maiden! shouldst cause the strife.

Sigrun then wept.  Helgi said: 

27.  Sigrun! console thyself; a Hild thou hast been to us.  Kings cannot conquer fate:  gladly would I have them living who are departed, if I might clasp thee to my breast.

Helgi obtained Sigrun, and they had sons.  Helgi lived not to be old.  Dag, the son of Hogni, sacrificed to Odin, for vengeance for his father.  Odin lent Dag his spear.  Dag met with his relation Helgi in a place called Fioturlund, and pierced him through with his spear.  Helgi fell there, but Dag rode to the mountains and told Sigrun what had taken place.

28.  Loath am I, sister! sad news to tell thee; for unwillingly I have my sister caused to weep.  This morning fell, in Fioturlund, the prince who was on earth the best, and on the necks of warriors stood.

Sigrun.

29.  Thee shall the oaths all gnaw, which to Helgi thou didst swear, at the limpid Leiptr’s water, and at the cold dank wave-washed rock.

30.  May the ship not move forward, which under thee should move, although the wished-for wind behind thee blow.  May the horse not run, which under thee should run, although from enemies thou hast to flee!

31.  May the sword not bite which thou drawest, unless it sing round thy own head.  Then would Helgi’s death be on thee avenged, if a wolf thou wert, out in the woods, of all good bereft, and every joy, have no sustenance, unless on corpses thou shouldst spring.

Dag.

32.  Sister! thou ravest, and hast lost thy wits, when on thy brother thou callest down such miseries.  Odin alone is cause of all the evil; for between relatives he brought the runes of strife.

33.  Thy brother offers thee rings of red gold, all Vandilsve and Vigdalir:  have half the land, thy grief to compensate, woman ring-adorned! thou and thy sons.