Or her seat at the bridal-board!

When King Angantyr heard that, he drew back his lips, and it was some time before he spoke. Then he said:

"In no brotherly wise hast thou been treated, my noble sister!"

Then he surveyed his retinue, and his band of men was but small; then he cried:

The Gothic warriors were many,

As they sat and drank the mead;

But now when many are called for,

The array is poor indeed!

Not a man in the host will adventure—

Though I offer a rich reward—