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The poetic Edda

Note 18 — The Second, or Old, Lay of Guthrun

Henry Adams Bellows translation

The manuscript marks line 3 as the beginning of a stanza. Grimhild is eager to have amends made to Guthrun for the slaying of Sigurth and their son, Sigmund, because Atli has threatened war if he cannot have Guthrun for his wife.

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