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,