I own to the guilt | that is ending thy life,

And the son of Hogni; | ’tis so thy wounds bleed.”

Atli spake:

“To murder hast thou fared, | though foul it must seem;

Ill thy friend to betray | who trusted thee well.

[87]. “Not glad went I hence | thy hand to seek, Guthrun,

In thy widowhood famed, | but haughty men found thee;

My belief did not lie, | as now we have learned;

I brought thee home hither, | and a host of men with us.

[88]. “Most noble was all | when of old we journeyed,