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Atlamol

In the whole world of men  a match for such madness.Now this that of late  we learned hast thou added,Great evil hast grasped,  and thine own death-feast made."
  Atli spake:82.[1] "With fire shall they burn thee,  and first shall they stone thee,So then hast thou earned  what thou ever hast sought for."
  Guthrun spake:"Such woes for thyself  shalt thou say in the morning,From a finer death I  to another light fare."
83.[2] Together they sat  and full grim were their thoughts,Unfriendly their words,  and no joy either found;In Hniflung grew hatred,  great plans did he have,To Guthrun his anger  against Atli was told.
  1. ↑ The manuscript does not indicate the speakers. Many editions make two separate stanzas of the four lines. Another light: a fairly clear indication of the influence of Christianity; cf. Introductory Note.
  2. ↑ The manuscript marks line 3 as the beginning of a new stanza. Hniflung: the Volsungasaga says that "Hogni had a son who was called Hniflung," but the name appears to be nothing more than the familiar "Niflung" applied in general to the sons of Gjuki and their people. On the spelling cf. note on stanza 44.

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