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PROSE EDDA
As Thjódólfr sang:
- Thus the doughty Sikling ended
- His life; in dire straits were we:
- The glorious Lofdung waited
- Bravely surcease of living.
The folk who were called Lofdar followed King Lofdi.
As Arnórr sang:
- Chief, another Skjöldung higher
- Than thou shall ne'er be born 'neath sun's light.
Völsung, as Thorkell Hamar-Skald sang:
- The Kin of Völsungs
- Gave counsel to send me
- The gold-decked weapon
- O'er the cool waters.
Yngling, as Ottarr the Swarthy sang:
- In the East no mighty Yngling
- To earth fell, ere o'ertook thee
- He who subjected to him
- The Sea-isles from the westward.
Yngvi: that too is a king's title, as Markús sang:
- The age shall hear the praise of Eiríkr:
- None in the world a prince hath known of
- Lordlier; thou holdest, Yngvi,
- The Seat of Kings with long-kept glory.
