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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger...

THE LAY OF ATLI.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Sæmundur fróði, Snorri Sturluson, Blackwell, Joseph Andrew, and Thorpe, Benjamin
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42. To fire she then gave all that were therein, and from her brothers' murder were from the dark den[108] returned. The old structures fell, the treasure-houses smoked, the Budlungs' dwelling. Burnt too were the shield-maids within, their lives cut short; in the raging fire they sank.
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43. Of this enough is said. No such woman will henceforth arms again bear, to avenge her brothers. That bright woman had to three kings of men the death-doom borne, before she died.
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Yet more clearly is this told in "Atlamalum inum Groenlenzkum" (the Groenland lay of Atli).

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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson, Project Gutenberg eBook #14726

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