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Then went again old Gerlind to where Gu-drun then sat,

And said to the Hegeling maiden, in her wrath and hate:

“’Twere best you now bethink you, or else, my fair young maiden,

You with your flowing tresses must wipe the stools and seats, with dust thick laden.

[1020]

“Then the room I sleep in, mark what now I say,

You, to do my bidding, must sweep three times a day;

You carefully must warm it, and keep the fire well burning.”

Said she: “That do I gladly, rather than take a lover I am spurning.”