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THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN.
THERE was a king hight Heidrik, and his daughter was called Borgny, and the name of her lover was Vilmund. Now she might nowise be made lighter of a child she travailed with, before Oddrun, Atli’s sister, came to her,—she who had been the love of Gunnar, Giuki’s son. But of their speech together has this been sung:
I have heard tell
In ancient tales
How a may there came
To Morna-land,
Because no man
On mould abiding
For Heidrik’s daughter
Might win healing.
In ancient tales
How a may there came
To Morna-land,
Because no man
On mould abiding
For Heidrik’s daughter
Might win healing.
All that heard Oddrun,
Atli’s sister,
How that the damsel
Had heavy sickness,
So she led from stall
Her bridled steed,
Atli’s sister,
How that the damsel
Had heavy sickness,
So she led from stall
Her bridled steed,
