Then said the man, "Naught but one thing, certes do all say of
him, that none among the sons of kings may be likened unto him;
now fain were I that ye would shorten sail on some of the ships,
and take me aboard."

Then they asked him of his name, and he sang --

"Hnikar I hight,
When I gladdened Huginn,
And went to battle,
Bright son of Volsung;
Now may ye call
The carl on the cliff top,
Feng or Fjolnir:
Fain would I with you."

They made for land therewith, and took that man aboard.

Then quoth Sigurd,(1) as the song says --

"Tell me this, O Hnikar,
Since full well thou knowest
Fate of Gods, good and ill of mankind,
What best our hap foresheweth,
When amid the battle
About us sweeps the sword edge."

Quoth Hnikar --