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Guthrunarkvitha II

7.[1] His head bowed Gunnar,  but Hogni told
The news full sore  of Sigurth slain:
"Hewed to death  at our hands he lies,
Gotthorm's slayer,  given to wolves.

8. "On the southern road  thou shalt Sigurth see,
Where hear thou canst  the ravens cry;
The eagles cry  as food they crave,
And about thy husband  wolves are howling."

9. "Why dost thou, Hogni,  such a horror
Let me hear,  all joyless left?
Ravens yet  thy heart shall rend
In a land that never  thou hast known."

10. Few the words  of Hogni were,
Bitter his heart  from heavy sorrow:
"Greater, Guthrun,  thy grief shall be
If the ravens so  my heart shall rend."

11.[2] From him who spake  I turned me soon,
In the woods to find  what the wolves had left;
Tears I had not,  nor wrung my hands,

  1. ↑ Gotthorm: from this it appears that in both versions of the death of Sigurth the mortally wounded hero killed his murderer, the younger brother of Gunnar and Hogni. The story of how Gotthorm was slain after killing Sigurth in his bed is told in Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 22-23, and in the Volsungasaga.
  2. ↑ On lines 3-4 cf. Guthrunarkvitha I, 1. Line 5 is probably spurious.

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