The king will gift us with gleed-red gold. I never fear, though we may
hear of terror."
14. "Tottering ye will go, if thitherward ye tend. No kind
entertainment there will ye at this time find. Hogni! I have dreamed,
I will not conceal it: in an evil hour ye will go, or so at least I
fear.
15. "Methought thy coverlet was with fire consumed; that the
towering flame rushed through my dwelling."
_Hogni_.
16. "Here lie linen cloths, which thou hadst little noticed: these
will quickly burn where thou the coverlet sawest."
_Kostbera_.
17. "Methought a bear came in, and broke down the columns; and so
his talons shook, that we were terror-stricken; by his mouth held many
of us, so that we were helpless: there, too, was a din far from
little."
_Hogni_.
18. "A tempest there will be furious and sudden: the white bear thou
sawest will be a storm from the east."
_Kostbera_.
19. "Methought an eagle flew herein, all through the house: that
will largely concern us. He sprinkled all with blood: from his threats
I thought it to be the 'ham'[111] of Atli."
_Hogni_.
20. "We often slaughter largely, and then red we see: often are oxen
meant, when we of eagles dream. Sound is the heart of Atli, dream thou
as thou mayest." With this they ended: all speeches have an end.
21. The high-born awoke, there the like befell: Glaumvor had
perceived that her dreams were ill-boding, adverse to Gunnar's going
to and fro.
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