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To bear the goods from the seaside the folk were all astir.

Gu-drun, fair maiden, sorrowed, and pain it gave to her

To see that all around her the Normans were so many;

Unless it were to Ortrun, she never showed a friendly mood to any.

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The maidens on the seashore must all the day abide.

With tears their eyes were flowing, whatever others did;

Dry were they but seldom, their cheeks were pale with sorrow:

Hartmut tried to soothe them, but their sadness lasted yet through many a morrow.