Editing Norns (section)

====''Sigurðarkviða hin skamma''====
Another account blaming the Norns for misfortune occurs in  ''[[Sigurðarkviða hin skamma]]'', where the [[valkyrie]] [[Brynhild]] blames malevolent Norns for her yearning for the embrace of [[Sigurd]]:
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:7. Orð mæltak nú,
:iðrumk eftir þess:
:kván er hans Guðrún,
:en ek Gunnars;
:ljótar nornir
:skópu oss langa þrá."<ref>[http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070509015738/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/sigurdarkvidainskamma.php ''Sigurðarkviða in skamma''] Guðni Jónsson's edition of the text with normalized spelling.</ref>
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:7. "The word I have spoken;
:soon shall I rue it,
:His wife is [[Gudrun|Guthrun]],
:and [[Gunther|Gunnar]]'s am I;
:Ill Norns set for me
:long desire."<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe28.htm ''The Short Lay of Sigurth''] in translation by [[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Henry Adams Bellows]] (1936), at Sacred Texts.</ref>
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