So sad her heart, | it seemed, would break.

[a]3]. Then the wives | of the warriors came,

Gold-adorned, | and Guthrun sought;

Each one then | of her own grief spoke,

The bitterest pain | she had ever borne.

[4]. Then spake Gjaflaug, | Gjuki’s sister:

“Most joyless of all | on earth am I;

Husbands five | were from me taken,

(Two daughters then, | and sisters three,)

Brothers eight, | yet I have lived.”