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Poetic Edda

41.[1] Then spake Nithuth,  lord of the Njars:"Rise up, Thakkrath,  best of my thralls,Bid Bothvild come,  the bright-browed maid,Bedecked so fair,  with her father to speak."
42.[2] ............................"Is it true, Bothvild,  that which was told me;Once in the isle  with Völund wert thou?"
  Bothvild spake:43.[3] "True is it, Nithuth,  that which was told thee,Once in the isle  with Völund was I,An hour of lust,  alas it should be!Nought was my might  with such a man,Nor from his strength  could I save myself."
  1. ↑ The first line is a conjectural addition. Thakkrath is probably the northern form of the Middle High German name Dancrat.
  2. ↑ The manuscript indicates no gap, but indicates line 3 as the beginning of a stanza; Vigfusson's added "Then Nithuth spake,  lord of the Njars" seems plausible enough.
  3. ↑ The manuscript does not name the speaker. Different editors have rejected one or another of the last three lines, and as the manuscript indicates line 4 as the beginning of a new stanza, the loss of two or three lines has likewise been suggested. According to the Thithrekssaga, the son of Völund and Bothvild was Vithga, or Witege, one of the heroes of Dietrich of Bern.

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