For they to the Norman kingdom must ride, to free Gu-drun from bondage dreary.
[1084]
They bore to the youthful Horant this errand from the queen:
That he and all his kinsmen were to her lord of kin,
And the sorrows of her daughter should by them be heeded;
For death to her were better than ever that her child to Hartmut should be wedded.
[1085]
Then sent the knight this answer: “Unto Queen Hilda say,—
Though yet ’twill cost to women many a bitter day,
I still, with all my followers, will help be gladly giving;