They brought them hither, | and bade me eat.

[a]42]. “I dreamed my hawks | from my hand had flown,

Eager for food, | to an evil house;

I dreamed their hearts | with honey I ate,

Soaked in blood, | and heavy my sorrow.

[a]43]. “Hounds I dreamed | from my hand I loosed,

Loud in hunger | and pain they howled;

Their flesh methought | was eagles’ food,

And their bodies now | I needs must eat.”

Guthrun spake: