[37]. The warders now | on the lofty walls
Opened the gates, | and in we rode.
* * * * * *
[a]38]. Atli woke me, | for ever I seemed
Of bitterness full | for my brothers’ death.
Atli spake:
[39]. “Now from sleep | the Norns have waked me
With visions of terror,— | to thee will I tell them;
Methought thou, Guthrun, | Gjuki’s daughter,
With poisoned blade | didst pierce my body.”