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Ragnar answered in this verse: "For the maid fair and wise I would venture my life. The scale-fish got its death wound From a youth of fifteen!" Then he went away, taking the broken handle of the spear with him.
Give us good burial, Olaf, and build a great mound over us, that we may stand thereon at moonrise and mock the men of Lesso as they row past, till Valhalla is full and the world dies. Is Steinar dead? Tell me that Steinar is dead, for then I'll speak with him presently." "No, Ragnar, I have taken Steinar captive." "Captive! Why captive? Oh, I understand; that he may lie on Odin's altar.
After all there is but one Olaf." At this moment I held up my hand, and they stopped talking. Leaping from their horses, Ragnar and Steinar came to where I stood, for already I had dismounted and was pointing to the ground, which just here had been swept clear of snow by the wind. "I see nothing," said Ragnar.
A great feast for the victor was now given by Jarl Herröd, and when Ragnar saw the loveliness of Tora, he was glad to ask her for his queen, while she was equally glad to have such a hero for her spouse. A splendid bridal followed and the victor took his beautiful bride home. This exploit gave Ragnar great fame and he received the surname of Lodbrok, on account of the strange coat he had worn.
Ragnar, nothing daunted, struck it boldly with his spear, and before it could move in defence struck it a second blow, pressing the spear until it pierced through the monster's body. So fiercely did the snake struggle that the spear broke in two, and it would have destroyed Ragnar with the venom it poured out if he had not worn his invulnerable coat.
He has been asleep for the last half-hour dreaming of Athalbrand's blue-eyed daughter; or perhaps he is making up another poem." "Olaf sees farther when he seems asleep than some of us do when we are awake," answered Steinar hotly. "Oh yes," replied Ragnar. "Sleeping or waking, Olaf is perfect in your eyes, for you've drunk the same milk, and that ties you tighter than a rope.
Alfred and Oswy stood before him, their arms bound behind them, in the great hall, while the soldiers retired at a signal a short distance from them. "What has brought you here?" "To deliver my brother." "To share his fate, you mean. Know you into whose hands you have fallen?" "Yes; into those of my cousin Ragnar." "Then you know what mercy to expect."
When Magde read the portion of her husband's letter which he had intended as confidential, her voice trembled as it did when she had first read the letter. "It would have been my desire," said she, "that Ragnar had sent the money in the letter. It has been more than three weeks, dear father, since you have partaken of other food than fish, bread and potatoes. Ah! I wish we had a quarter of beef!"
"You well know that I would like to be near you in heaven, for you are aware that next to Ragnar I love you more than any other being on earth." "You say so only to make me happy; but I am not so vain as to believe your words." "Is there any one here who displays more love for you than I?" inquired Magde. Carl smiled, and glanced at the wall.
Poor Carl, each day he gradually faded, and his belief in the warning voice he had heard in the church yard became firm and unwavering. He accepted Ragnar's proffered hand with a grateful smile. "How hot you are!" exclaimed Ragnar, "I will hasten to the village and speak to the physician." As Ragnar thus spoke, Carl laughed in his peculiar manner. "That will be profitable indeed!" said he.
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