“The hero who did thee service ungrudging in thy need,
Gunther, belovèd brother, thou guerdon him for the same
Before all these: of my counsel shall no man dare think shame.
Bid Siegfried unto my sister, that he meet her face to face,
That the maiden may greet him: of the honour shall we win us enduring grace.
If to him be accorded her greeting, who on knight smiled never before,
We have gotten this goodly war-thane to our friend for evermore.”
Hasted the kinsmen of Gunther unto where did Siegfried stand,
And they bare that courteous bidding to the knight of Netherland:
“This is the King’s good pleasure, that thou come where the seed-royal be,