The Völsunga Saga on Alf
The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > CHAPTER XII. Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to
attestation: Alf, son of King Hjalprek of Denmark, found Hjordis and the treasure among the battlefield dead
"the captain of these folks was Alf, son of Hjalprek, king of Denmark, who was sailing with his power along the land."
attestation: The bondmaid led Alf's men to Sigmund's hidden treasure, which they deemed the greatest ever seen in one place
"there they found exceeding great wealth; so that men deem they have never seen so many things of price heaped up together in one place."
attestation: King Alf's mother recognized that the woman with fewer rings was actually the nobler of the two
"she whom ye have held of least account is the noblest of the twain."
attestation: Alf proposed to marry Hjordis and pay her proper jointure once she bore her child
"thou shalt be my wife, and due jointure will I pay thee whenas thou hast borne me a child."