For from the Hegeling kingdom they all to the Norman land must soon be speeding.
[1100]
Then Ortwin sent this answer: “Me dost thou rightly bid;
I from hence will hasten, and bring from far and wide
Twenty thousand fighters,— men both brave and daring;
These my steps will follow even to death, their lives and homes forswearing.”
[1101]
Now from every border many warriors went
Riding to Hilda’s kingdom, for whom the queen had sent;
They vied with one another, to win her praises striving.