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The poetic Edda

Note 48 — The Short Lay of Sigurth

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Brynhild means, as stanzas 49–51 show, that those of her women who wish to win rewards must be ready to follow her in death. The word translated “women” in line 1 is conjectural, but the general meaning is clear enough.

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