11. “Your shining shield will be shattered, brother,
and by cold spears will be split many another,
[and many a man will meet his death ]
before Tyrfing in two I sunder,
or to thee, son of Humli,²² leave the half of it!

12. “Will I give thee, brother, gleaming arm-rings,
much wealth of gold, what most thou wishest—
twelve hundred thralls, twelve hundred steeds,
twelve hundred bond-men with bucklers weaponed.

13. “To every man of you much will I give—
other and better things than ere this he had:
to every man a maid will I give,
and give each maiden a golden necklace.

14. “About thee a-sitting shall I silver heap,
about thee a-going shall I gold-trinkets pour,²³
so that the rings will roll about thee;
shalt govern a third²⁴ of Gothic lands.”

Gizur, called the Follower²⁵ of the Grytings, King Heithrek’s faster father, was then in Angantýr’s company. He was exceeding old then. When he heard Angantýr’s offer he thought that too much was offered, and said:

15. “Could no better be offered to a bond-woman’s son—
to the son of a bond-woman, though born to a king.
The bastard son then sate on a hill
when the atheling the heirlooms shifted.”²⁶

[22. I.e., his daughter’s son.

23. Cf. the penalty paid by the gods for killing Otter, Reginsmól, 5.

24. Which is the usual share, according to Old Germanic law, of the son born out of wedlock.

25. Here equivalent to “armor-bearer”—as is, e.g., Hildebrand to Dietrich. The Grytings are probably identical with the Ostrogoths, by the Latin and Greek authors called Greothingi, Grouthingoi (Bugge, op. cit., p. 273). As the wicked adviser and instigator of strife, he may represent Óthin. His name may be a reminiscence of the East Germanic name Geiseric (Gizericus).

26. He sarcastically implies that Hloth would acknowledge himself to be a bastard, entitled to compensation—and no more—if he accepted anything but half of his inheritance. Hloth is likened to a shepherd on a hill, tending his flocks, when the kingdom was divided.]

11. "Bresta mun fyrr, bróðir, in blikhvíta lind
ok kaldr geirr koma við annan
ok margr gumi í gras hníga,
áðr en Tyrfing í tvau deilak
eða þér, Humlungr, halfan arf látak.

12. Ek mun bjóða þér bjartar vigrar,
fé ok fjölð meiðma, sem þik fremst tíðir;
tolf hundruð gef ek þér manna, tolf huhdruð gef ek þér mara,
tolf hundruð gef ek þér skálka,þeira er skjöld bera.

13. Manni gef ek hverjum margt at þiggja
annat æðra en hann á at ráða;
mey gef ek hverjum manni at þiggja,
men spenni ek hverri meyju at halsi.

14. Mun ek um þik sitjanda silfri mæla,
en ganganda þik gulli steypa,
svá at á vega alla velti baugar;
þriðjung Goðþjóðar, -
því skaltu ráða."

Gizurr Grýtingaliði, fóstri Heiðreks konungs, var þá með Angantý konungi. Hann var þá ofrgamall. Ok er hann heyrði boð Angantýs, þótti honum hann of mikit bjóða ok kvað þá:

15. "Þetta er þiggjanda þýjar barni,
barni þýjar, þótt sé borinn konungi;
þá hornungr á haugi sat,
er öðlingr arfi skipti."