"All hail to thee, daughter! I give thee gold and all kinds of
good things to take to thee after thy father, dear bought rings
and bed-gear of the maids of the Huns, the most courteous and
well dight of all women; and thus is thy husband atoned for: and
thereafter shalt thou be given to Atli, the mighty king, and be
mistress of all his might. Cast not all thy friends aside for
one man's sake, but do according to our bidding."
Gudrun answers, "Never will I wed Atli the King; unseemly it is
for us to get offspring betwixt us."
Grimhild says, "Nourish not thy wrath; it shall be to thee as if
Sigurd and Sigmund were alive when thou hast borne sons."
Gudrun says, "I cannot take my heart from thoughts of him, for he
was the first of all men."
Grimhild says, "So it is shapen that thou must have this king and
none else."
Says Gudrun, "Give not this man to me, for an evil thing shall
come upon thy kin from him, and to his own sons shall he deal
evil, and be rewarded with a grim revenge thereafter.
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