“They had their friends anear them,
twelve gallant armèd men,
Who all were mighty giants—
but what availed them then?
For Siegfried fell upon them
and slew them in his ire,
Full seven hundred Niblungs,
vanquished in battle dire,
“They had their friends anear them,
twelve gallant armèd men,
Who all were mighty giants—
but what availed them then?
For Siegfried fell upon them
and slew them in his ire,
Full seven hundred Niblungs,
vanquished in battle dire,