And your oaths shall bind | you both in chains.”

[a]6]. Without stood Guthrun, | Gjuki’s daughter,

Hear now the speech | that first she spake:

“Where is Sigurth now, | the noble king,

That my kinsmen riding | before him come?”

[7]. Only this | did Hogni answer:

“Sigurth we | with our swords have slain;

The gray horse mourns | by his master dead.”

[8]. Then Brynhild spake, | the daughter of Buthli:

“Well shall ye joy | in weapons and lands;