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Then abroad went the King in the wind, and leaned on his naked sword
And stood there many an hour, and mused on Signy's word.
But at last when the moon was arisen, and the undark night begun,
He sheathed the sword and cried: “Come forth, King Siggeir's son,
Thou shalt wend from out of the wild-wood and no more will I foster thee.”