O’er the feet did it break | of ye brothers twain,

The water would yield not; | some meaning there was.”

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[25]. “I dreamed that by night | came dead women hither, [[509]]

Sad were their garments, | and thee were they seeking;

They bade thee come swiftly | forth to their benches,

And nothing, methinks, | could the Norns avail thee.”

Gunnar spake:

[26]. “Too late is thy speaking, | for so is it settled;

From the faring I turn not, | the going is fixed,