Gu-drun her kinsfolk called her, in the Danish land where now she had her dwelling.
[577]
That age she now was reaching when, had she been a man,
A sword she might have wielded. Many a prince was fain
To wed the lovely maiden, and sought her love and favor;
But many came a-wooing who soon their hopes must lose, and win her never.
[578]
However fair was Hilda, Hettel’s lovely wife,
Yet was Gu-drun more lovely, and fair beyond belief;
More fair than the early Hilda, erst to Ireland carried.