That Hlothver’s daughter | had it he thought,
And the all-wise maid | had come once more.
[a]14]. So long he sat | that he fell asleep,
His waking empty | of gladness was;
Heavy chains | he saw on his hands,
And fetters bound | his feet together.
Völund spake:
[15]. “What men are they | who thus have laid
Ropes of bast | to bind me now?”
Then Nithuth called, | the lord of the Njars: