William Morris,
The Story of the Volsungs — Chapter IV: How King Siggeir wedded Signy…
“ But now says Signy to her father— “I have no will to go away with Siggeir, neither does my heart smile upon him; and I wot, by my fore-knowledge, and from the fetch [1] of our kin, that from this counsel will great evil fall on us if this wedding be not speedily undone.” “Speak in no such wise, daughter!” said he; “for great shame will it be to him, yea, and to us also, to break troth with him, he being sackless; [2] and in naught may we trust him, and no friendship shall we have of him, if these matters are broken off; but he will pay us back in as evil wise as he may ”
