41. "Under houses the stepson | of Siggeir lay,
Fain of the wolf's cry | out in the woods;
Evil came then all | to thy hands,
When thy brothers' | breasts thou didst redden,
Fame didst thou win | for foulest deeds.

Sinfjotli spake:

42. "In Bravoll wast thou | Grani's bride,
Golden-bitted | and ready to gallop;
I rode thee many | a mile, and down
Didst sink, thou giantess, | under the saddle."

Gothmund spake:

43. "A brainless fellow | didst seem to be,
When once for Gollnir | goats didst milk,
And another time | when as Imth's daughter
In rags thou wentest; | wilt longer wrangle?"

Sinfjotli spake:

44. "Sooner would I | at Frekastein
Feed the ravens | with flesh of thine
Than send your bitches | to seek their swill,
Or feed the swine; | may the fiends take you!"

Helgi spake:

45. "Better, Sinfjotli, | thee 'twould beseem
Battle to give | and eagles to gladden,
Than vain and empty | words to utter,
Though ring-breakers oft | in speech do wrangle.

[41. The phrase "under houses," which follows the manuscript, may be an error for "in wolf-caves." Line 3 (or 4) may be an interpolation. The manuscript indicates line 5 as the beginning of a new stanza. Siggeir: cf. stanza 38, note.

42. Several editions assign this stanza to Sinfjotli instead of to Gothmund. Bravoll ("Field of the Brow"): not elsewhere mentioned in the poems. Grani: Sigurth's horse (cf. Völundarkvitha, 16 and note); Gothmund means that Sinfjotli had turned into a mare, after the fashion of Loki (cf. Grimnismol, 44, note). The meaning of line 4 in the original is uncertain.

43. A few editions give this stanza to Gothmund. Gollnir: [fp. 304] possibly a giant. Imth: nothing is known of him or his daughter.

44. A few editions give this stanza to Sinfjotli. Frekastein: cf. Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, 39 and note. A stanza may have been lost after stanza 44, parallel to stanza 25 of the second Helgi Hundingsbane lay.

45. Ring-breakers: cf. stanza 17 and note.]

41. Stjúpr vartu Siggeirs, látt und stöðum heima,
vargljóðum vanr á viðum úti;
kómu þér ógögn öll at hendi,
þá er bræðr þínum brjóst raufaðir;
gerðir þik frægjan af firinverkum."

Sinfjötli kvað:

42. "Þú vart brúðr Grana á Brávelli,
gullbitluð vart gör til rásar;
hafða ek þér móðri marg skeið riðit
svangri und söðli, simul, forbergis."

Guðmundr kvað:

43. "Sveinn þóttir þú siðlauss vera,
þá er þú Gullnis geitr molkaðir,
en í annat sinn Imðar dóttir
tötrughypja.
Vill þú tölu lengri?"

Sinfjötli kvað:

44. "Fyrr vilda ek at Frekasteini
hrafna seðja á hræum þínum
en tíkr yðrar teygja at solli
eða gefa göltum;
deili gröm við þik."

Helgi kvað:

45. "Væri ykkr, Sinfjötli, Sæmra miklu
gunni at heyja ok glaða örnu,
en sé ónýtum orðum at bregðask,
þótt hringbrotar heiftir deili.