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Drap Niflunga

Kostbera[1]; their sons were Solar and Snævar and Gjuki.[2] And when the Gjukungs came to Atli, then Guthrun besought her sons to plead for the lives of both the Gjukungs, but they would not do it. Hogni's heart was cut out, and Gunnar was cast into the serpent's den. He smote on the harp and put the serpents to sleep, but an adder[3] stung him in the liver.

    in runes. The messenger obscures these runes, and Kostbera, Hogni's wife, who attempts to decipher them, is not clear as to their meaning, though she suspects danger.

    Oddrun: cf. Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 57 and note.

    Glaumvor: almost nothing is told of Gunnar's second wife, though she appears frequently in the Atlamol.

  1. ↑ Kostbera: (or Bera), Hogni's wife, is known only as skilled in runes. Her brother was Orkning.
  2. ↑ The sons of Hogni and Kostbera, according to the Atlamol (stanza 28), were Solar and Snævar; the third son, Gjuki, named after his grandfather, seems to be an invention of the annotator's.
  3. ↑ Adder: according to Oddrunargratr (stanza 30) Atli's mother assumed this form in order to complete her son's vengeance.

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