Then went the warriors searching for the dead upon the sand.

Those they knew were Christians who lay upon the strand,

As the Sturmisch Wâ-te bade them, were all together carried;

Then both the old and the younger chose a spot whereon the dead were buried.

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Then said the knight, young Ortwin: “Let us bury them here;

And thought must we be taking to build a church full near,

That they be not forgotten, while this their end is showing.

For it shall all their kinsmen give of their wealth, each one his share bestowing.”

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