[37]. “Their skulls, once hid | by their hair, I took,
Set them in silver | and sent them to Nithuth; [[267]]
Gems full fair | from their eyes I fashioned,
To Nithuth’s wife | so wise I gave them.
[38]. “And from the teeth | of the twain I wrought
A brooch for the breast, | to Bothvild I gave it;
Now big with child | does Bothvild go,
The only daughter | ye two had ever.”
Nithuth spake:
[39]. “Never spakest thou word | that worse could hurt me,