The Poetic Edda on Herborg
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Herborg.
"6. Then Herborg spake, | the queen of the Huns: "I have a greater | grief to tell; My seven sons | in the southern land, And my husband, fell | in fight all eight. (Father and mother | and brothers four"
attestation: Herborg is characterized by greatness in the verse.
"6. Then Herborg spake, | the queen of the Huns: "I have a greater | grief to tell; My seven sons | in the southern land, And my husband, fell | in fight all eight. (Father and mother | and brothers four"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Notes
- attestation: Herborg is a 'queen of the Huns' present at Gunnar's home, though the word 'Hun' has little definite meaning in the poems
"Herborg: neither she nor her sorrows are elsewhere mentioned, nor is it clear what a "queen of the Huns" is doing in Gunnar's home, but the word "Hun" has little definiteness of meaning in the poems"