Now here of those banesmen the son, whoseso he be,

All merry in fretwork forth on floor fareth;

Of the murder he boasteth, and that jewel he beareth,

E'en that which of right thou shouldest [arede].

Thus he mindeth and maketh word every of times,

With sore words he telleth, until the time cometh

That the thane of the fair bride for the deeds of his father

After bite of the bill sleepeth all blood-stain'd,

All forfeit of life; but thenceforth the other

Escapeth alive; the land well he kenneth;