they nodded, thou didst fright them, and they were scattered.
Vengeance we did on them: there escaped us
of the two houses none but the fewest.
And if Hudheyl[5] broke the edge of his[6] sword-blade—
many the notch that Hudheyl gained from him!
Many the time that he made them kneel down on
jagged rocks where the hoof is worn with running!
Many the morning he fell on their shelter,
and after slaughter came plunder and spoiling!
Hudheyl has been burned by me, one valiant