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SONGS FROM THE EDDA.
Since wolf and raven
Were friends together,
The greedy, the cruel,
O’er great Sigurd’s heart-blood.”
Were friends together,
The greedy, the cruel,
O’er great Sigurd’s heart-blood.”
“Of all men that can be
For the noblest of kin
This king have I found,
And the foremost of all;
Him shalt thou have
Till with eld thou art heavy—
Be thou ever unwed,
If thou wilt naught of him!”
For the noblest of kin
This king have I found,
And the foremost of all;
Him shalt thou have
Till with eld thou art heavy—
Be thou ever unwed,
If thou wilt naught of him!”
“Nay, nay, bid me not
With thy words long abiding
To take unto me
That balefullest kin;
This king shall bid Gunnar
Be stung to his bane,
And shall cut the heart
From out of Hogni.
With thy words long abiding
To take unto me
That balefullest kin;
This king shall bid Gunnar
Be stung to his bane,
And shall cut the heart
From out of Hogni.
“Nor shall I leave life
Ere the keen lord,
The eager in sword-play,
My hand shall make end of.”
Ere the keen lord,
The eager in sword-play,
My hand shall make end of.”
Grimhild a-weeping
Took up the word then,
Took up the word then,
