So our fate sought we e’er | till we came to the East.

[93]. “First the king did we slay, | and the land we seized, [[534]]

The princes did us service, | for such was their fear;

From the forest we called | them we fain would have guiltless,

And rich made we many | who of all were bereft.

[94]. “Slain was the Hun-king, | soon happiness vanished,

In her grief the widow | so young sat weeping;

Yet worse seemed the sorrow | to seek Atli’s house,

A hero was my husband, | and hard was his loss.

[95]. “From the Thing thou camst never, | for thus have we heard,