That stately guest and his good knights! Worthy thereof they were.
Then by the hand did Gunther the King lead Rüdiger:
He brought him unto the high-seat whence himself had risen but now;
And he bade pour out for his guest-friends—and with joy they obeyed, I trow—
The sparkling mead of welcome, and the choicest of all wine
That man might find by searching in the lands that fringe the Rhine.
Came Giselher and Gere to bid the guests all-hail;
Dankwart withal and Volker, for these too heard the tale
Of the strangers worship-worthy. Blithe were they all of mood
As they greeted in Gunther’s presence that noble knight and good.