Gladly them he greeted, and soon from them Queen Hilda’s wish was hearing.
[1078]
“Well you know, Lord Herwic, our woe and plight forlorn,
And how the Hegeling warriors to help the queen have sworn.
Yourself Queen Hilda trusteth more than any other;
To none Gu-drun is dearer,— the homeless maid, long sundered from her mother.”
[1079]
The well-born knight thus answered: “I know in truth too well
How Hartmut had the boldness my fair betrothed to steal,
Because his love she slighted, and hearkened to my wooing;