[30]. Then Brynhild, daughter | of Buthli, laughed,

Only once, | with all her heart,

When as she lay | full loud she heard

The grievous wail | of Gjuki’s daughter.

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[31]. Then Gunnar, monarch | of men, spake forth:

“Thou dost not laugh, | thou lover of hate,

In gladness there, | or for aught of good;

Why has thy face | so white a hue,

Mother of ill? | Foredoomed thou art.