"
Gunnar says, "Yet shall it be brought about: and, lo, a rede
thereto; -- let us egg on our brother Guttorm to the deed; he is
young, and of little knowledge, and is clean out of all the oaths
moreover."
"Ah, set about in ill wise," says Hogni, "and though indeed it
may well be compassed, a due reward shall we gain for the
bewrayal of such a man as is Sigurd."
Gunnar says, "Sigurd shall die, or I shall die."
And therewith he bids Brynhild arise and be glad at heart: so she
arose, and still ever she said that Gunnar should come no more
into her bed till the deed was done.
So the brothers fall to talk, and Gunnar says that it is a deed
well worthy of death, that taking of Brynhild's maidenhead; "So
come now, let us prick on Guttorm to do the deed."
Therewith they call him to them, and offer him gold and great
dominion, as they well have might to do. Yea, and they took a
certain worm and somewhat of wolf's flesh and let seethe them
together, and gave him to eat of the same, even as the singer
sings --
"Fish of the wild-wood,
Worm smooth crawling,
With wolf-meat mingled,
They minced for Guttorm;
Then in the beaker,
In the wine his mouth knew,
They set it, still doing
More deeds of wizards.
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