There, with his men from Holstein, Fru-te, brave and bold,

Slew full many a foeman; of this could much be told.

Now, too, from the land of Waleis, Morunc, many slaying,

Before King Ludwig’s castle made rich the earth with the dead he low was laying.

[1416]

Irold, the youthful champion, a knight both true and good,

Slashed thro’ foemen’s armor, shedding their hot life-blood.

Under Hilda’s banner was Wâ-te’s kinsman fighting;

Many in death grew paler as Horant thinned the crowd he fast was smiting.

[1417]