[a]11]. Then Guthrun spake, | the daughter of Gjuki:

“Much thou speakest | in evil speech;

Accursed be Gunnar, | Sigurth’s killer,

Vengeance shall come | for his cruel heart.”

[12]. Early came evening, | and ale was drunk,

And among them long | and loud they talked;

They slumbered all | when their beds they sought,

But Gunnar alone | was long awake.

[13]. His feet were tossing, | he talked to himself,

And the slayer of hosts | began to heed