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,