Great honor did we have | of heroes full worthy;
Of cattle had we plenty, |and greatly we prospered,
Mighty was our wealth, | and many received it.
[89]. “To the famed one as bride-gift | I gave jewels fair, [[532]]
I gave thirty slaves, | and handmaidens seven;
There was honor in such gifts, | yet the silver was greater.
[90]. “But all to thee was | as if nought it were worth,
While the land lay before thee | that Buthli had left me;
Thou in secret didst work | so the treasure I won not;
My mother full oft | to sit weeping didst make,