Sigurðr's daughter Áslaug survives and gives rise to great families. The chapter notes the Völsungs' resistance to poison and quotes five stanzas from Bragi the Old's Ragnarsdrápa on Hamðir and Sörli's attack on Jörmunrekkr — a shield-description that underlies the gold-kenning.
Eftir Sigurð svein lifði dóttir, er Áslaug hét, er fædd var at Heimis í Hlymdölum, ok eru þaðan ættir komnar stórar. Svá er sagt, at Sigmundr Völsungsson var svá máttugr, at hann drakk eitr ok sakaði ekki, en Sinfjötli, sonr hans, ok Sigurðr váru svá harðir á húðna, at þá sakaði ekki eitr, at útan kæmi á þá bera. Því hefir Bragi skáld svá kveðit:
After Sigurðr the boy there lived a daughter named Áslaug, who was fostered at Heimir's in Hlymdalir, and from her great families are descended. It is said that Sigmundr Völsungsson was so mighty that he drank poison and it harmed him not; but Sinfjötli, his son, and Sigurðr were so hard of skin that no poison harmed them that came upon them bare from outside. Therefore the skald Bragi has composed thus:
Eftir þessum sögum hafa flest skáld ort ok tekit ýmsa þáttu. Bragi inn gamli orti um fall Sörla ok Hamðis í drápu þeiri, er hann orti um Ragnar loðbrók.
After these tales most skalds have composed and taken various strands. Bragi the Old composed about the fall of Sörli and Hamðir in that drápa which he composed about Ragnarr loðbrók.
Skaldic quotations
Bragi inn gamli (om Völsungarnas gifttålighet)
Þá er forns Litar flotna á fangboða öngli hrökkviáll of hrokkinn hekk Völsunga drekku.
When the coiling eel of ancient Litr [the serpent] hung, curled up on the wrestler's hook, upon the drink of the Völsungs [the poison-cup].
Bragi inn gamli, Ragnarsdrápa (Jörmunrekkr vaknar)
Knátti eðr við illan Jörmunrekkr at vakna með dreyrfáar dróttir draum í sverða flaumi; rósta varð í ranni Raudvés höfuðniðja, þá er hrafnbláir hefnðu harma Erps of barmar.
Jörmunrekkr came to wake with an evil dream amid the surge of swords, among blood-stained retainers; a brawl arose in the hall of Randvér's chief kinsman [Jörmunrekkr], when the raven-black brothers avenged Erp's griefs.
Bragi inn gamli, Ragnarsdrápa (avhuggna lemmar)
Flaut of set við sveita sóknar alfs í golfi hræva dögg, þar er höggnar hendr sem fætr of kenndusk; fell í blóði blandinn brunn ölskála, runna þat er á Leifa landa laufi fátt, at höfði.
The dew of corpses [blood] flowed with gore over the bench on the floor of the warrior's hall, where hewn-off hands and feet could be recognized; there fell, mixed with blood, that which is painted on the leaf of the shield, down into the well of the ale-cups [the drink].
Bragi inn gamli, Ragnarsdrápa (Hamðir och Sörli stenas)
Þar svá at gerðu gyrðan golfhölkvis sá fylkis segls naglfara siglur saums andvanar standa; urðu snemmst ok sörli samráða þeir Hamðir hörðum herðimýlum Hergauts vinu barðir.
There stood the prince's shields, girded, emptied of their seams, on the hall floor; Sörli and Hamðir, of one counsel, were first battered with the hard lumps [stones] of Hergaut's [Óðinn's] lady [the earth].
Bragi inn gamli, Ragnarsdrápa (Jörmunrekkr straffar)
Mjök lét stála stökkvir styðja Gjúka niðja flaums, þá er fjörvi næma Foglhildar mun vildu, ok bláserkjar birkis, ball, fagrgötu allir, ennihögg ok eggjar Jónakrs sonum launa.
The scatterer of the surge of steel [Jörmunrekkr] made the kinsmen of Gjúki [Jónakr's sons] suffer greatly when they wished to take the life of Fauglhildr [Svanhildr]; and all repaid Jónakr's sons with brow-blows and edges [swords].
Bragi inn gamli, Ragnarsdrápa (sköldramen)
Þat sék fall á fögrum flotna randar botni. Ræs gafumk reiðar mána Ragnarr ok fjölð sagna.
That fall I see on the fair bottom of men's shield [the painted shield]. Ragnarr gave me the moon of the chariot [the shield] and a multitude of tales.