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Poetic Edda

So Sigurth was slain,  by his corpse didst thou sit,And of gladness didst think not:  'twas Gunnar's doing.
8.[1] "Thou wouldst strike at Atli  by the slaying of ErpAnd the killing of Eitil;  thine own grief was worse;So should each one wield  the wound-biting swordThat another it slays  but smites not himself."
9. Then did Sorli speak out,  for wise was he ever:"With my mother I never  a quarrel will make;Full little in speaking  methinks ye both lack;What askest thou, Guthrun,  that will give thee no tears?
10.[2] "For thy brothers dost weep,  and thy boys so sweet,Thy kinsmen in birth  on the battlefield slain;Now, Guthrun, as well  for us both shalt thou weep,We sit doomed on our steeds,  and far hence shall we die."
  1. ↑ Some editors regard this stanza as interpolated. Erp and Eitil: regarding Guthrun's slaying of her sons by Atli, cf. Atlamol, 72-75. The Erp here referred to is not to be confused with the Erp, son of Jonak, who appears in stanza 13. The whole of stanza 8 is in doubtful shape, and many emendations have been suggested.
  2. ↑ Some editors assign this speech to Hamther. Brothers: Gunnar and Hogni. Boys: Erp and Eitil.

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