Chapter 10 - Page 2

said yes thereto; but so little was the boat, that they might not all go in it at once, so the corpse was first laid therein, while Sigmund went by the firth-side. But therewith the boat and the man therein vanished away from before Sigmund's eyes. [2]

So thereafter Sigmund turned back home, and drave away the queen, and a little after she died. But Sigmund the king yet ruled his realm, and is deemed ever the greatest champion and king of the old law.

ENDNOTES:

[1] Weregild, fine for man-slaying ("wer", man, and "gild", a payment).

[2] The man in the boat is Odin, doubtless.