If a spear had not stuck in thy flesh.”

Hrimgerth spake:

[19]. “Dull art thou, Atli, | thou dreamest, methinks,

The lids lie over thine eyes;

By the leader’s ships | my mother lay,

Hlothvarth’s sons on the sea I slew.

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[20]. “Thou wouldst neigh, Atli, | but gelded thou art,

See, Hrimgerth hoists her tail;

In thy hinder end | is thy heart, methinks,