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Quotation from The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) by Anonymous (Old Norse)
“Many a man lives after hope has grown little; but my good-hap has departed from me, nor will I suffer myself to be healed”
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XII, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris
Hjordis finds Sigmund among the slain after Odin has broken his sword and asks whether he may be healed; he refuses, saying Odin no longer wills that he fight.
Citation: "Many a man lives after hope has grown little; but my good-hap has departed from me, nor will I suffer myself to be healed" — Anonymous (Old Norse), The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XII, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. (id volsunga-saga-q5)
Portrait: Sigurd kills Fafnir, Arthur Rackham, Public domain.
