Now my kin all are gone, | of my gold am I robbed;

Nay, and worst, thou didst send | my sister to hell.”

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Guthrun spake:

[53]. “Hear me now, Atli! | the first evil was thine;

My mother didst thou take, | and for gold didst murder her,

My sister’s daughter | thou didst starve in a prison.

A jest does it seem | that thy sorrow thou tellest,

And good do I find it | that grief to thee comes.”

Atli spake: