William Morris

“ Then he praised the sword much, and thereafter went to the river with a lock of wool, and threw it up against the stream, and it fell asunder when it met the sword. Then was Sigurd glad, and went home.
But Regin said, ‘‘Now whereas I have made the sword for thee, belike thou wilt hold to thy troth given, and wilt go meet Fafnir?”
“Surely will I hold thereto,” said Sigurd, “yet first must I avenge my father.”
Now Sigurd the older he grew, the more he grew in the love of all men, so that every child loved him well. ”