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ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN.
217
“Maids of the Huns
Woven pictures to make,
And work fair in gold
Till thou deem’st thyself glad.
Alone shalt thou rule
O’er the riches of Budli,
Shalt be made great with gold,
And be given to Atli.”
Woven pictures to make,
And work fair in gold
Till thou deem’st thyself glad.
Alone shalt thou rule
O’er the riches of Budli,
Shalt be made great with gold,
And be given to Atli.”
“Never will I
Wend to a husband,
Or wed the brother
Of Queen Brynhild;
Naught it beseems me
With the son of Budh
Kin to bring forth,
Or to live and be merry.”
Wend to a husband,
Or wed the brother
Of Queen Brynhild;
Naught it beseems me
With the son of Budh
Kin to bring forth,
Or to live and be merry.”
“Nay, the high chiefs
Reward not with hatred,
For take heed that I
Was the first in this tale!
To thy heart shall it be
As if both these had life,
Sigurd and Sigmund,
When thou hast borne sons.”
Reward not with hatred,
For take heed that I
Was the first in this tale!
To thy heart shall it be
As if both these had life,
Sigurd and Sigmund,
When thou hast borne sons.”
“Naught may I, Grimhild,
Seek after gladness,
Nor deem aught hopeful
Of any high warrior,
Seek after gladness,
Nor deem aught hopeful
Of any high warrior,
