For sorely was he severed from friends and kinsmen.

...

Forests have ears, and fields have eyes;

We must wander, my maid, as the wild swan flies,

Since we are severed both from friends and kinsmen.”

VI
THE KING-SLAYING IN FINDERUP, 1285

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So many dwell in Denmark

Would all be masters there!

They’ve ridden up to Ribe