And in “Viga Glum’s Saga,” it is related: “In the midst of a wedding party, Glum calls upon Thorarin, his accuser, to hear his oath, and taking in his hand a silver ring which had been dipped in sacrificial blood, he cites two witnesses to testify to his oath on the ring, and to his having appealed to the gods in his denial of the charge made against him.” In the “Saga of Fridthjof the Bold,” when Fridthjof is bidding farewell to his beloved Ingeborg, he covenants fidelity to her by the gift of “An _arm-ring_, all over famous; Forged by the halting Volund, ’twas,--the old North-story’s Vulcan ... Heaven was grav’d thereupon, with the twelve immortals’ strong castles-- Signs of the changing months, but the skald had Sun-houses named them.” As Fridthjof gave this pledge to Ingeborg, he said: “Forget me never; and, In sweet remembrance of our youthful love, This arm-ring take; a fair Volunder-work, With all heaven’s wonders carved i’ th’ shining gold. Ah! the best wonder is a faithful heart ... How prettily becomes it thy white arm-- A glow-worm twining round a lily stem.” And the subsequent story of that covenanting arm-ring, fills thrilling pages in Norseland lore.[130] Yet again, in the German cycle of the “Nibelungen Lied,” Gotelind, the wife of Sir Rudeger, gives bracelets to the warrior-bard Folker, to bind him as her knightly champion in the court of King Etzel, to which he goes. Her jewel casket is brought to her. “From this she took twelve bracelets, and drew them o’er his hand; ‘These you must take, and with you bear hence to Etzel’s land, And for the sake of Gotelind the same at court must wear, That I may learn, when hither again you all repair, What service you have done me in yon assembly bright.’ The lady’s wish thereafter full well perform’d the knight.” And when the fight waxed sore at the court of Etzel, the daring and dying Folker called on Sir Rudeger, to bear witness to his bracelet-bound fidelity: “For me, most noble margrave! you must a message bear; These bracelets red were given me late by your lady fair, To wear at this high festal before the royal Hun. View them thyself, and tell her that I’ve her bidding done.”[131]