Soon were all the warriors aside with their ladies speaking,
And talking of the inroad the fighters strong one day would thence be making.
[940]
Then said the aged Wâ-te: “This can never be
Till those who now are children fully-grown we see,
And worthy to be swordsmen. Then, their fathers mourning,
And of their kinsmen mindful, gladly will they with us to war be turning.”
[941]
Queen Hilda then made answer: “To wait for this were long;
Meanwhile Gu-drun, my daughter, held by foemen strong,