Then the seneschal went to the chambers where lay that cavern’s keys.
There stood those sent of Kriemhild in front of the mountain’s door,
And divers withal of her kinsmen. So all that treasure-store
Brought they down to the sea-flood, and the ships therewith were fraught.
So over the rolling waters and on to the Rhine was it brought.
Now of the Hoard of the Niblungs shall ye hear the marvel told:
Twelve wains to the utmost laden down from that mountain-hold
Must bear that treasure seaward: four days and nights toiled they,
Each going and each returning three times each several day.
Therein was there nothing meaner than precious stones and gold,