25 Has been given thee to aid us: on Guthhere with it
Thou shalt pay back the wrong of unrighteously seeking
To stir up the struggle and strife of battle;
[He rejected that sword] and the jewelled treasure,
The lustrous gems; now, leaving them all,
30 He shall flee from this field to find his lord,
His ancient land, or lie here forever
Asleep, if he . . . . . . . .”
[1.] The speaker is Hildegyth (the Old English form for Hiltgund).
[2.] Weland: the blacksmith of Teutonic myth. See Deor’s Lament, [introductory note], and notes to [vv. 1] and [8].