William Morris,
The Story of the Volsungs — Appendix IX: The Lay of Hamdir
“ Raising wrong each 'gainst other As the dogs of the Norns, The greedy ones nourishedIn waste steads of the world. In strong wise have we fought, On Goths' corpses we stand, Beat down by our edges, E'en as ernes on the bough. Great fame our might winneth, Die we now, or to-morrow,— No man lives till eve Whom the fates doom at morning." At the hall's gable-end Fell Sorli to earth, But Hamdir lay low At the back of the houses. Now this is called the Ancient Lay of Hamdir. EndnotesEndnotes ↑ Randver, no matchno match the son of their sister's husband. ”
