We are not the Hegelings, whom you see so near you;
We hither come from the Sealands. Tell us, maiden, how we now can cheer you?”
[1485]
“This do I beseech you,” said the queenly maid:
“Sore has been the fighting; him will I thank, indeed,
Who now cuts short the struggle. Me will he be cheering
Who from the hands of Wâ-te will Hartmut free in the strife that I am fearing.”
[1486]
Then asked the well-bred warrior who from the Sealands came:
“Tell me, worthy maiden, what may be your name?”