Well I see | who the ill has worked,

On Brynhild alone | lies the blame for all.

[28]. “Above all men | the maiden loved me,

Yet false to Gunnar | I ne’er was found;

I kept the oaths | and the kinship I swore;

Of his queen the lover | none may call me.”

[29]. In a swoon she sank | when Sigurth died;

So hard she smote | her hands together

That all the cups | in the cupboard rang,

And loud in the courtyard | cried the geese.