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;