26. "No scorn I know | for the noble king,
But counsel good | from Gripir I seek;
Well will I know, | though evil awaits,
What Sigurth may | before him see."

Gripir spake:

27. "A maid in Heimir's | home there dwells,
Brynhild her name | to men is known,
Daughter of Buthli, | the doughty king,
And Heimir fosters | the fearless maid."

Sigurth spake:

28. "What is it to me, | though the maiden be
So fair, and of Heimir | the fosterling is?
Gripir, truth | to me shalt tell,
For all of fate | before me thou seest."

Gripir spake:

29. "Of many a joy | the maiden robs thee,
Fair to see, | whom Heimir fosters;
Sleep thou shalt find not, | feuds thou shalt end not,
Nor seek out men, | if the maid thou seest not."

Sigurth spake:

30. "What may be had | for Sigurth's healing?
Say now, Gripir, | if see thou canst;
May I buy the maid | with the marriage-price,
The daughter fair | of the chieftain famed?"

[27. Brynhild ("Armed Warrior"): on her and her family see introductory note and note to stanza 19.]

26. "Vilk-at ek reiði ríks þjóðkonungs,
góð ráð at heldr Grípis þiggja;
nú vill víst vita, þótt viltki sé,
hvat á sýnt Sigurðr sér fyr höndum."

Grípir kvað:

27. "Fljóð er at Heimis fagrt álitum,
hana Brynhildi bragnar nefna,
dóttir Buðla, en dýrr konungr
harðugðigt man Heimir fæðir."

Sigurðr kvað:

28. "Hvat er mik at því, þótt mær séi
fögr áliti fædd at Heimis?
Þat skaltu, Grípir, görva segja,
því at þú öll of sér örlög fyrir."

Grípri kvað:

29. "Hon firrir þik flestu gamni,
fögr áliti, fóstra Heimis,
svefn þú né sefr né of sakar dæmir,
gár-a þú manna nema þú mey séir."

Sigurðr kvað:

30. "Hvat mun til líkna lagt Sigurði?
Segðu, Grípir, þat, ef þú sjá þykkisk:
Mun ek mey ná mundi kaupa,
þá ina fögru fylkis dóttur?"