With all the pack behind him
the bear began to race,
But, save Kriemhilda’s husband,
no one could match its pace.
He quickly ran upon it,
and with a sword-stroke slew.
Then to the camp-fire, slaughter’d,
the grisly brute they drew.
With all the pack behind him
the bear began to race,
But, save Kriemhilda’s husband,
no one could match its pace.
He quickly ran upon it,
and with a sword-stroke slew.
Then to the camp-fire, slaughter’d,
the grisly brute they drew.