Dew of the hearth, | and holy entrails,

The liver of swine,— | all grief to allay.

[25]. Then I forgot, | when the draught they gave me,

There in the hall, | my husband’s slaying;

On their knees the kings | all three did kneel,

Ere she herself | to speak began:

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[26]. “Guthrun, gold | to thee I give,

The wealth that once | thy father’s was,

Rings to have, | and Hlothver’s halls,