Vengeance for her | ye soon would have
If brave ye were | as my brothers of old,
Or hard your hearts | as the Hunnish kings’.”
[4]. Then Hamther spake, | the high of heart:
“Little the deed | of Hogni didst love, [[540]]
When Sigurth they wakened | from his sleep;
Thy bed-covers white | were red with blood
Of thy husband, drenched | with gore from his heart.
[5]. “Bloody revenge | didst have for thy brothers,
Evil and sore, | when thy sons didst slay;