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.”