The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

She stood at the door-post;

She clasped the alder-tree;[^[360]]

Fire flashed

Out of the eyes

Of Brynhild, Budli’s daughter;

Venom gushed from her

When she saw the wounds

Of Sigurd.

Gudrun’s second song to King Thjodrek at the hird of Atli.

I was a maiden of maidens,