The boys spake:
“Slay thy boys as thou wilt, | for no one may bar it,
Short the angry one’s peace | if all thou shalt do.”
[74]. Then the grim one slew both | of the brothers young,
Full hard was her deed | when their heads she smote off;
Fain was Atli to know | whither now they were gone,
The boys from their sport, | for nowhere he spied them.
Guthrun spake:
[75]. “My fate shall I seek, | all to Atli saying,
The daughter of Grimhild | the deed from thee hides not;