Less sorely in soul than herself and her plight

10 When she clearly discovered her cursed condition,

That unwed she should bear a babe to the world.

She never could think of the thing that must happen.

That has passed over: so this may depart!

Much have we learned of [Mæthhild’s life]:

15 How the courtship of Geat was crowned with grief,

How love and its sorrows allowed him no sleep.

That has passed over: so this may depart!

[Theodoric] held for thirty winters