The Völsunga Saga on Vingi

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > CHAPTER XXXIV. Atli bids the Giukings to him.

• attestation: Vingi shows runes he claims Gudrun sent

  "Vingi shows him the runes which he said Gudrun had sent."

• attestation: Vingi tells the kings that Atli is heavy of foot and over-old, his sons young and of no account, and offers them rule over his realms

  "King Atli is heavy of foot and over-old for the warding of his realm; but his sons are young and of no account: now will he give you rule over his realms while they are yet thus young"

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > CHAPTER XXXVI. Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli.

• attestation: Vingi reveals his treachery, telling the Giukings he bade them hither softly but an evil thing lay beneath, and bids them await their gallows-tree

  "Softly and sweetly I bade you hither, but an evil thing abode thereunder; short while to bide ere ye are tied up to that same tree!"