Crept to his kinsmen, Constantinus,

The hoary war-hero; for him was small need

40 To boast of the battle-play; the best of his kinsmen

And friends had fallen on the field of battle,

Slain at the strife, and his son left behind

On the field of fight, felled and wounded,

Young at the battle. No boast dared he make

45 Of strife and of sword-play, the silver-haired leader,

Full of age and of evil, nor had Anlaf the more.

With their vanquished survivors no vaunt could they make