To all things good and worthy; to be a trusty knight he thus was learning.
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The very comely daughter of Hilda and the king
Was called Gu-drun the lovely: from the land of the Hegeling
To Denmark she was carried, to be in her kinsmen’s wardship.
Thus they helped King Hettel, and this they never felt to be a hardship.
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When the maid grew older, her shape became so fair
That neither man nor woman to praise her could forbear:
Far from the maiden’s birthplace, all her worth were telling.