Methinks from tears and sorrow none could then forbear,

Who must at last from Ortrun and from her maids be parted.

Should Ortrun be unhappy, Gu-drun would then be sad and heavy-hearted.

[1703]

Ortrun, betrothed to Ortwin, then her thanks did give

To fair Gu-drun, the queenly, that she had granted leave

To hold the Norman kingdom to Hartmut, her knightly brother:

“Gu-drun, may God reward you! my cares are gone, I ne’er shall know another.”

[1704]

To her mother Hilda, also, Ortrun her thanks did say,