I will wax well the shroud | to wind round thy body,

For all will I care | as if dear were we ever.”

[98]. Then did Atli die, | and his heirs’ grief doubled;

The high-born one did | as to him she had promised;

Then sought Guthrun the wise | to go to her death,

But for days did she wait, | and ’twas long ere she died.

[a]99]. Full happy shall he be | who such offspring has,

Or children so gallant, | as Gjuki begot;

Forever shall live, | and in lands far and wide,

Their valor heroic | wherever men hear it.