⁴ There is rime here in the original. Only after having fed Guthorm (“He Who Honors the Gods”) the flesh of serpents and wolves (to infuriate him) were they successful, with his aid, in slaying Sigurth. See “Sigurþarkviða hin skamma,” Sts. 20 and 21, and Notes 18 and 19.

⁵ That is, in the forest, as is the case in the German versions of the legend. See the Prose at the end of the lay. The stanza is transposed here (following Grundtvig) from its original position after Stanza 10.

⁶ The historic Attila, King of the Huns [MHG. Etzel]. In Eddic tradition he is the son of Buthli and brother of Brynhild, and is responsible for the deaths of Gunnar and Hogni.

⁷ In revenge for Sigurth’s death.

⁸ She stands outside of the hall to receive her returning kinsmen.

⁹ See “Guðrúnarkviða” II, St. 5.

¹⁰ Here used as an honorific epithet.

¹¹ According to “Sigurþarkviða hin skamma,” St. 12, Sigurth had only one son, Sigmund: Brynhild refers to the sons he might have begotten.