That she the word might give him to be fair Ortrun’s lover;
She, King Ludwig’s daughter, beside Gu-drun was seated then, as ever.
[1618]
Ortwin, lord of Ortland, made haste to his sister’s bower:
Him welcomed many a maiden who sat with her that hour.
Then, from her seat arising, by the hand she kindly took him;
And him aside then leading, at the further end of the hall she thus bespoke him,
[1619]
Saying: “Dearest brother, hear what for you is best;
All that I shall tell you comes from a faithful breast.