So rich was the Lord of the kingdom that from none withheld they aught.
Lovingly all folk served them and ever ungrudgingly.
The King in the great hall feasted, and amidst of his guests sat he;
And to Siegfried the place of honour, even as of old, they gave,
And with him passed in to the banquet warriors many and brave.
Yea, noble knights twelve hundred in that mighty hall were seen
With him at the banquet seated. And ever Brunhild the Queen
Thought in her heart: “Never vassal hath been so wealthy as this!”
Yet still did she bear him a kindness, and she grudged him nought of his bliss.
Mid the mirth of the summer evening as sat the King mid his guests,