Helm of Awe

Fáfnir kvað:

"Ægishjalm bar ek of alda sonum,

meðan ek of menjum lák;

einn rammari hugðumk öllum vera,

fannk-a ek svá marga mögu."

Sigurðr kvað:

"Ægishjalmr bergr einungi,

hvar skulu vreiðir vega;

þá þat finnr, er með fleirum kemr,

at engi er einna hvatastr."

Fafnir spake:

The fear-helm I wore to afright mankind,

While guarding my gold I lay;

Mightier seemed I than any man,

For a fiercer never I found.

Sigurth spake:

"The fear-helm surely no man shields

When he faces a valiant foe;

Oft one finds, when the foe he meets,

That he is not the bravest of all."

"Inn fráni ormr, þú gerðir fræs mikla

ok galzt harðan hug;

heift at meiri verðr hölða sonum,

at þann hjalm hafi."

"Glittering worm, thy hissing was great,

And hard didst show thy heart;

But hatred more | have the sons of men

For him who owns the helm."