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Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma

34.[1] "To thee I say,  and thyself thou knowest,
That all these ills  thou didst early shape;
No bonds I knew,  nor sorrow bore,
And wealth I had  in my brother's home.

35.[2] "Never a husband  sought I to have,
Before the Gjukungs  fared to our land;
Three were the kings  on steeds that came,—
Need of their journey  never there was.

36.[3] "To the hero great  my troth I gave
Who gold-decked sat  on Grani's back;
Not like to thine  was the light of his eyes,
(Nor like in form  and face are ye,)
Though kingly both  ye seemed to be.

37.[4] "And so to me  did Atli say
That share in our wealth  I should not have,

  1. ↑ Cf. stanza 5.
  2. ↑ Three kings: Gunnar, Hogni, and Sigurth.
  3. ↑ Some editions place this stanza after stanza 39, on the theory that stanzas 37-39 are interpolated. Line 4, as virtually a repetition of line 3, has generally been marked as spurious. In this version of the winning of Brynhild it appears that Atli pointed out Sigurth as Gunnar, and Brynhild promptly fell in love with the hero whom, as he rode on Grani and was decked with some of the spoils taken from Fafnir, she recognized as the dragon's slayer. Thus no change of form between Sigurth and Gunnar was necessary. The oath to marry Gunnar had to be carried out even after Brynhild had discovered the deception.
  4. ↑ Most editors mark stanzas 37-39 as interpolated, but cf. note on stanza 32. Stanza 37 has been variously emended. Lines 4 and 6 look like interpolated repetitions, but many editors make

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