The Völsunga Saga on Dag

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > Part Of The Second Lay Of Helgi Hundings-Bane (1)

• attestation: Dag met Helgi his brother-in-law at Fetter-grove and thrust him through with Odin's spear, killing him

  "Dag met Helgi, his brother-in-law, at a place called Fetter-grove, and thrust him through with that spear, and there fell Helgi dead"

• attestation: Dag rode to Sevafell and told Sigrun the news of Helgi's death

  "Dag rode to Sevafell, and told Sigrun of the news."

• attestation: Dag, son of Hogni, sacrificed to Odin praying to avenge his father, and Odin lent Dag his spear

  "Dag, (2) the son of Hogni, sacrificed to Odin, praying that he might avenge his father. So Odin lent Dag his spear"

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > Part Of The Second Lay Of Helgi Hundings-Bane (1) > Dag:

• attestation: Dag tells Sigrun he was driven by hard need to draw on her greeting, and that the best king in the wide world fell that morning in Fetter-grove

  "Loth am I, sister Of sorrow to tell thee, For by hard need driven Have I drawn on the greeting; This morning fell In Fetter-grove The king well deemed The best in the wide world"

• attestation: Dag says Sigrun raves with mad words and curses her own brother; he blames Odin alone for casting strife-runes between friends and kindred

  "Odin alone Let all this bale loose, Casting the strife-runes 'Twixt friends and kindred."

• attestation: Dag offers Sigrun red gold rings, the stead of Vandil, and the lands of Vigdale as compensation

  "Rings of red gold Will thy brother give thee, And the stead of Vandil And the lands of Vigdale"