Or surely speak, | when love is shared.
[23]. “Soon his men | did Atli send,
In the murky wood | on me to spy;
Thither they came | where they should not come,
Where beneath one cover | close we lay.
[24]. “To the warriors ruddy | rings we offered,
That nought to Atli | e’er they should say; [[477]]
But swiftly home | they hastened thence,
And eager all | to Atli told.
[25]. “But close from Guthrun | kept they hid