To them King Ortwin answered: “We there have done so well
That I to those who helped me my thanks must ever tell.
Our foes are well rewarded, tho’ sore has been the fighting,
For all the wrongs they did us; a thousand-fold have we ourselves been righting.”
[1551]
Then spake the aged Wâ-te: “Who best can tarry here
To guard for us this kingdom? Bid now Gu-drun, the fair,
Come down again to meet us; soon shall we be going
To Hilda’s land of the Hegelings; and what we bring we will to her be showing.”
[1552]