How rich soever in treasure was Siegfried, never had he
So many knights as were bounden to Etzel in fealty.
Never have Kings, of a surety, at their marriage-festivals
Unto guests given mantles so ample, such splendour-woven palls,
Never such costly vesture as was freely lavished here.
It was all for the sake of Kriemhild, for the honour of one most dear.
In all—were they guests, were they home-folk—one mind in them all abode,
Nought to begrudge in their giving, not the dearest thing they owed:
Whatsoe’er was desired of any, given it was forthright,
So that stripped bare even of vesture stood many a generous knight.