At the ship’s side
And at the shield’s edge,
At the horse’s foot
And at the sword’s edge
That thou killest not
The wife of Völund
Nor puttest to death
My bride.
(Völundarkvida, 33.)
Gudrun thus curses Atli, for having broken his solemn oath to her brothers, before she slays him in his bed and burns him and his men in his own hall:—