[54]. “Go now, ye warriors, | and make greater the grief
Of the woman so fair, | for fain would I see it;
So fierce be thy warring | that Guthrun shall weep,
I would gladly behold | her happiness lost.
[a]55]. “Seize ye now Hogni, | and with knives shall ye hew him,
His heart shall ye cut out, | this haste ye to do;
And grim-hearted Gunnar | shall ye bind on the gallows, [[520]]
Swift shall ye do it, | to serpents now cast him.”
Hogni spake:
[56]. “Do now as thou wilt, | for glad I await it,