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Poetic Edda

50. Long the woman,  linen-decked, pondered,—
—Young she was,—  and weighed her words:
"For my sake now  shall none unwilling
Or loath to die  her life lay down.

51.[1] "But little of gems  to gleam on your limbs
Ye then shall find  when forth ye fare
To follow me,  or of Menja's wealth.
..............

52.[2] "Sit now, Gunnar!  for I shall speak
Of thy bride so fair  and so fain to die;
Thy ship in harbor  home thou hast not,
Although my life  I now have lost.

53.[3] "Thou shalt Guthrun requite  more quick than thou thinkest,
..............
Though sadly mourns  the maiden wise
Who dwells with the king,  o'er her husband dead.

    "of their plans they thought," which involves a metrical error.

  1. ↑ No gap indicated in the manuscript; many editions place it between lines 3 and 4. Menja's wealth: gold; the story of the mill Grotti, whereby the giantesses Menja and Fenja ground gold for King Frothi, is told in the Grottasongr.
  2. ↑ With this stanza begins Brynhild's prophesy of what is to befall Gunnar, Guthrun, Atli, and the many others involved in their fate. Line 3 is a proverbial expression meaning simply "your troubles are not at an end."
  3. ↑ No gap is indicated in the manuscript; one suggestion for line 2 runs: "Grimhild shall make her  to laugh once

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