On sped they all together swiftly as birds on the wing.
Then Prince Gibèk dashed forward with a gallant following.
Forth did the swift knight Hornbog with a thousand vassals ride
From his place beside King Etzel, to greet that glorious bride.
As they rode, they upraised the war-cry of their land, that it rang afar.
On swept the princes of Hunland in magnifical pomp of war.
Forward spurring to meet her came Hawart the dauntless Dane,
And Iring the swift war-helper, of the honour without a stain.
Came Irnfried the lord of Thuringia, a goodly champion he.
Thus welcomed they Queen Kriemhild for her honour and majesty,