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Here Athelstane king, Of earls the lord, To warriors the ring-giver Glory world-long Had won in the strife, By edge of the sword, At Brunanburgh. And Ella who had stood by his father's side in that dread field where Danes, Scots, and Welshmen fled before the English sword listened with enthusiasm, till he thought of his brother Oswald, when tears, unobserved, rolled down his cheeks.
Such is the case with the writer of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, from whom the following verses are abridged. They have been already partially quoted in the text. Here Athelstane king, Of earls the lord, To warriors the ring-giver, Glory world-long Had won in the strife, By edge of the sword, At Brunanburgh. The offspring of Edward, The departed king, Cleaving the shields. Struck down the brave.
Hereward drank it dry; and then fixing his eyes meaningly on the Prince, dropt the Princess's ring into the cup, and putting it back into Sigtryg's hand, sang, "The beaker I reach back More rich than I took it. No gold will I grasp Of the king's, the ring-giver, Till, by wit or by weapon, I worthily win it.
Now Eric's knees trembled as he heard, and his heart grew faint as though with fear. But he answered clear and straight: "Thy gift had been better without thy words, ring-giver; but I pray thee to take it back, for I have done nothing to win it, though perhaps the time will come when I shall ask thee for a richer." "My gifts have never been put away before," said Asmund, growing angry.
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