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;