Together they bethought them, whom they hence should send,
By whom the news they wished for might with truth be gained,
And who could tell them rightly where to find the maiden;
By them, too, must the errand on which they came, from foes be wisely hidden.
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Then spake the youthful Ortwin, who from Ortland came,
A faithful knight as any: “Myself for the search I name;
The maid, Gu-drun, is my sister, child of my father and mother;
Of all, however worthy, am I more fit to go than any other.”
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