The Völsunga Saga on Sorli

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > Part Of The Lay Of Sigrdrifa (1) > Quoth Sorli:

• attestation: Sorli rebukes Hamdir for opening his mouth (bag), saying bale often comes from such, and Hamdir has heart but lacks wisdom

  "Bale, brother, wroughtst thou By that bag's (3) opening, Oft from that bag Rede of bale cometh! Heart hast thou, Hamdir, If thou hadst heart's wisdom Great lack in a man Who lacks wisdom and lore!"

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > Part Of The Lay Of Sigrdrifa (1) > Sorli Said:

• attestation: Sorli says they should not act as wolves or dogs of the Norns; they have fought strongly and stand on Goths' corpses like ernes on a bough

  "Unmeet we should do As the doings of wolves are, Raising wrong each 'gainst other As the dogs of the Norns, The greedy ones nourished In waste steads of the world.

  In strong wise have we fought, On Goths' corpses we stand, Beat down by our edges, E'en as ernes on the bough."

• attestation: Sorli says great fame their might wins whether they die now or tomorrow, for no man lives till eve whom the fates doom at morning

  "Great fame our might winneth, Die we now, or to-morrow,-- No man lives till eve Whom the fates doom at morning."

• attestation: Sorli fell at the hall's gable-end and Hamdir lay low at the back of the houses; this is called the Ancient Lay of Hamdir

  "At the hall's gable-end Fell Sorli to earth, But Hamdir lay low At the back of the houses."