Straightway beholding them hasted to greet them squire and knight,
And this one and that with welcome hailed them, and, each as he might,
They paid to the heralds royal all loving courtesies.
Yea, also the old King Siegmund rejoiced for the coming of these.
So when they had given fair lodging to Gere and all his men,
And had stabled in stall their horses, they led those messengers then
To the place where sat King Siegfried with Kriemhild at his side,
Even the Hall of the Presence, when his pleasure was signified.
Then the King and the Queen from their high-seats rose up at their entering-in,
And they graciously greeted the envoys of their far Burgundian kin,