Volker the valiant champion, and thou, Lord Hagen withal.
Unto me and my wife be ye welcome here in the land of the Hun:
Messages unto Rhineland hath she sent you many an one.”
Made answer Hagen of Troneg: “Her words of love have I heard.
Had I not in my masters’ service hither to Hunland spurred,
O King, to render thee honour had I come unto thy land.”
Then the host right noble and royal took each dear guest by the hand;
And he led them unto the high-seat, and set them at his own board.
For the guests the drink of welcome the cupbearers hasted and poured,
Mead, wine, and mulberry-brewis, into golden goblets wide;