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Poetic Edda
On the walls so lofty stood the warriors of Buthli;
The hall of the southrons with seats was surrounded,
With targets bound and shields full bright.
The hall of the southrons with seats was surrounded,
With targets bound and shields full bright.
15.[1] Mid weapons and lances did Atli his wine
In the war-hall drink, without were his watchmen,
For Gunnar they waited, if forth he should go,
With their ringing spears they would fight with the ruler.
In the war-hall drink, without were his watchmen,
For Gunnar they waited, if forth he should go,
With their ringing spears they would fight with the ruler.
16. This their sister saw, as soon as her brothers
Had entered the hall,— little ale had she drunk:
"Betrayed art thou, Gunnar! what guard hast thou, hero,
'Gainst the plots of the Huns? from the hall flee swiftly!
Had entered the hall,— little ale had she drunk:
"Betrayed art thou, Gunnar! what guard hast thou, hero,
'Gainst the plots of the Huns? from the hall flee swiftly!
17.[2] "Brother, 'twere far better to have come in byrnie,
With thy household helmed, to see Atli's home,
With thy household helmed, to see Atli's home,
- ↑ Line 1 in the manuscript is apparently incorrectly copied, and some editions omit "Mid weapons and lances" and assume a gap in either line 1 or line 3.
- ↑ This may be the remains of two stanzas; the manuscript marks line 5 as beginning a new stanza. Editorial conjectures are
the Hamthesmol, placing it between stanzas 16 and 17; it seems more likely, however, that "Bikki" was a scribal error for "Buthli." Regarding Bikki cf. Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 63 and note. Line 4 is apparently in Fornyrthislag.
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