Too bitter far | is Brynhild’s hate.”

Gunnar spake:

[20]. “Gotthorm to wrath | we needs must rouse,

Our younger brother, | in rashness blind;

He entered not | in the oaths we swore,

The oaths we swore | and all our vows.”

[21]. It was easy to rouse | the reckless one.

. . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .

The sword in the heart | of Sigurth stood.

[22]. In vengeance the hero | rose in the hall,