have brought me great grief."

Says Brynhild, "Let not such matters sadden thee: abide with thy
friends who wish thee blithesome, all of them!"

"This I dreamed," said Gudrun, "that we went, a many of us in
company, from the bower, and we saw an exceeding great hart, that
far excelled all other deer ever seen, and the hair of him was
golden; and this deer we were all fain to take, but I alone got
him; and he seemed to me better than all things else; but
sithence thou, Byrnhild, didst shoot and slay my deer even at my
very knees, and such grief was that to me that scarce might I
bear it; and then afterwards thou gavest me a wolf-cub, which
besprinkled me with the blood of my brethren."

Brynhild answers, "I will arede thy dream, even as things shall
come to pass hereafter; for Sigurd shall come to thee, even he
whom I have chosen for my well-beloved; and Grimhild shall give
him mead mingled with hurtful things, which shall cast us all
into mighty strife. Him shalt thou have, and him shalt thou
quickly miss; and Atli the king shalt thou wed; and thy brethren
shalt thou lose, and slay Atli withal in the end."

Dudrun answers, "Grief and woe to know that such things shall
be!"

And therewith she and hers get them gone home to King Giuki.