And to each of the thanes of that same people.

When he with fair bride on the floor of hall wendeth,

That the Dane's noble bairn his doughty should wait on,

As on him glisten there the heirlooms of the aged,

Hard and with rings bedight, Heathobards' treasure,

Whileas the weapons yet they might wield;

Till astray did they lead there at the lind-play

Their own fellows belov'd and their very own lives.

For then saith at the beer, he who seeth the ring,

An ancient ash-warrior who mindeth of all