Brynhild (Saga of the Volsungs)

Brynhild (from the Saga of the Volsungs)

"Now shall you choose,
 As you are offered a choice,
 O maple shaft of sharp weapons.
 Speech or silence,
 You must muse for yourself.
 All words are already decided."

• A poem attributed to Brynhild in The Saga of the Volsungs (chapter 21), by an anonymous 13th century Icelander, translated by Jesse L. Byock (Penguin Classics, 1990, 1999).

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