Sigurth’s heart’s-blood | hungrily lapped.”
Grimhild spake:
[a]31]. “Noblest of birth | is the ruler now
I have found for thee, | and foremost of all;
Him shalt thou have | while life thou hast,
Or husbandless be | if him thou wilt choose not.”
Guthrun spake:
[32]. “Seek not so eagerly | me to send
To be a bride | of yon baneful race;
On Gunnar first | his wrath shall fall,