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Poetic Edda

Her hair was loosened,  her cheek was hot,
And the tears like raindrops  downward ran.

15.[1] Then Guthrun, daughter  of Gjuki, wept,
And through her tresses  flowed the tears;
And from the court  came the cry of geese,
The birds so fair  of the hero's bride.

16.[2] Then Gollrond spake,  the daughter of Gjuki;
"Never a greater  love I knew
Than yours among  all men on earth;
Nowhere wast happy,  at home or abroad,
Sister mine,  with Sigurth away."

  Guthrun spake:
17.[3] "So was my Sigurth  o'er Gjuki's sons
As the spear-leek grown  above the grass,
Or the jewel bright  borne on the band,
The precious stone  that princes wear.

18.[4] "To the leader of men  I loftier seemed
And higher than all  of Herjan's maids;

  1. ↑ The word here translated "tresses" is sheer guesswork. The detail of the geese is taken from Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 29, line 3 here being identical with line 4 of that stanza.
  2. ↑ Line 1, abbreviated in the manuscript, very likely should be simply "Gollrond spake."
  3. ↑ Cf. Guthrunarkvitha II, 2. The manuscript does not name the speaker, and some editions have a first line, "Then Guthrun spake,  the daughter of Gjuki."
  4. ↑ Herjan: Othin; his maids are the Valkyries; cf. Voluspo, 31, where the same phrase is used.

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