There was a great battle, and there Helgi got a mortal wound.

36. Sigar riding | did Helgi send
To seek out Eylimi's | only daughter:
"Bid her swiftly | ready to be,
If her lover | alive she would find."

37. "Hither now | has Helgi sent me,
With thee, Svava, | thyself to speak;
The hero said | he fain would see thee
Ere life the nobly | born should leave."

Svava spake:

38. "What chanced with Helgi, | Hjorvarth's son?
Hard to me | is harm now come;
If the sea smote him, | or sword bit him,
Ill shall I bring | to all his foes."

Sigar spake:

39. "In the morn he fell | at Frekastein,
The king who was noblest | beneath the sun;
Alf has the joy | of victory all,
Though need therefor | is never his."

Helgi spake:

40. "Hail to thee, Svava! | thy sorrow rule,
Our meeting last | in life is this;
Hard the wounds | of the hero bleed,
And close to my heart | the sword has come.

[36. Sigar ("The Victorious"): cf. the foregoing note.

39. Frekastein ("Wolf-Crag"): the name appears several times in the Helgi lays applied to battlefields; cf. Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I, 46 and 55, and II, 18 and 24. Need: i. e., Alf deserves no credit for the victory, which was due to the troll woman's magic.]

Þar var orrosta mikil, ok fekk þar Helgi banasár.

36. Sendi Helgi Sigar at ríða
eftir Eylima eingadóttur;
"Bið bráðliga búna verða,
ef hon vill finna fylki kvikvan."

Sigarr kvað:

37. "Mik hefr Helgi hingat sendan
við þik, Sváfa, sjalfa at mæla;
þik kvaðsk hilmir hitta vilja,
áðr ítrborinn öndu týndi."

Sváfa kvað:

38. "Hvat varð Helga Hjörvarðs syni?
Mér er harðliga harma leitat,
ef hann sær of lék eða sverð of beit,
þeim skal ek gumna grand of vinna."

Sigarr kvað:

39. "Fell hér í morgun at Frekasteini,
buðlungr, sá er var, baztr und sólu;
Alfr mun sigri öllum ráða,
þótt þetta sinn þörfgi væri."

Helgi kvað:

40. "Heil vertu, Sváfa, hug skaltu deila,
sjá mun í heími hinztr fundr vera;
téa buðlungi blæða undir,
mér hefir hjörr komit hjarta it næsta.