The tree-top bows low | if bereft of its leaves,

The tree bends over | if the roots are cleft under it;

Now mayest thou, Atli, | o’er all things here rule.”

[70]. Full heedless the warrior | was that he trusted her,

So clear was her guile | if on guard he had been;

But crafty was Guthrun, | with cunning she spake,

Her glance she made pleasant, | with two shields she played.

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[71]. The beer then she brought | for her brothers’ death-feast,

And a feast Atli made | for his followers dead;