Note 35 — The Lay of Völund
Henry Adams Bellows translation
The manuscript does not name the speaker; Vigfusson again makes two full stanzas with the line, “Then did Völund speak, | sagest of elves.” Some editors begin a new stanza with line 4, while others reject as interpolations lines 2–3 or 5–7. Völund’s wife: the reference is to Bothvild, as Völund wishes to have his vengeance fall more heavily on her father than on her.