Editing Gudrun (section)

====''Guðrúnarhvöt''====
[[File:Gudrun agitating her sons.jpg|thumb|Gudrun agitating her sons.]]
''Guðrúnarhvöt'' is proceeded by a brief prose interlude that explains that tried to drown herself in the sea after killing Atli, but was instead taken to the land of King Jonak, who married her and with whom she had three sons, Hamdir, Sorli, and Erp, and where she also raises Svanhild, her daughter with Sigurd. Svanhild is married to Jormunrek, who later kills her on suspicion of jealousy.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=300}}

The poem proper starts after Gudrun has learned of Svanhild's death: she stirs up her three sons to kill Jormunrek and avenge their sister. The brothers agree, warning her, however, they will surely die. This leads Gudrun to tell them of her own woes in life.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=300}} Once she is left alone, Gudrun calls for death and hopes that Sigurd will ride back from [[Hel (location)|Hel]] to see her. They will then burn together on the same funeral pyre.{{sfn|Gentry|McConnell|Müller|Wunderlich|2011|p=16}}