And long and loud the twisted hauberks ring.
“Firm in fight they proudly vie
With Him whose might will make them fly,
Of Eastmen kings the warlike head.
Forth his gallant fleet he drew,
Soon as the hope of battle grew,
But many a buckler brake ere Haklang bled.
“Fled the lusty Kiötve then
Before the Fair-haired king of Men,
And bade the islands shield his flight.