William Morris

“ Low lay the flames Before the fain of fame; Bright gleamed the array That Regin erst owned. Now when Sigurd had passed through the fire, he came into a certain fair dwelling, and therein sat Brynhild.
She asked, "What man is it?"
Then he named himself Gunnar, son of Giuki, and said -- "Thou art awarded to me as my wife, by the good will and word of thy father and thy foster-father, and I have ridden through the flame of thy fire, according to thy that thou hast set forth." ”

“ He answered, "Yea, certes many great deeds hast thou done; but yet call thou to mind thine oath, concerning the riding through of this fire, wherein thou didst swear that thou wouldst go with the man who should do this deed." ”

“ Now Sigurd stood upright on the hall floor, and leaning on the hilt of his sword, and he spake to Brynhild --
"In reward thereof, shall I pay thee a great dower in gold and goodly things?"
She answered in heavy mood from her seat, whereas she sat like unto swan on billow, having a sword in her hand and a helm on her head, and being clad in a byrny, "O Gunnar," she says, "speak not to me of such things unless thou be the first and best of all men ”