Then spake the wolfish Gerlind: “Where is my clothing left,

That, folded in your apron, you thus your hands have wrapt;

Bearing yourself so idly, now from toil thus turning?

If I live a little longer, another kind of work shall you be learning.”

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King Hagen’s grandchild answered: “Down by the deep sea-flood

I left your clothing lying. It was too great a load;

I found the weight too heavy, alone to the house to carry.

If never again you see them, but little I care, the while with you I tarry.”

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