Then he continued:

All of thy noblest warriors

On the field are lying dead.

King Heithrek's daughter fell by the sword;

She drooped and bowed her head.

Thy sister Hervör is now no more.—

By the Huns was her life-blood shed.

O prouder and lighter the maiden's step

As she wielded spear and sword

Than if she were sped to her trysting place,