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,