[1019]
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.”