the crown, the cognizance, (3) and lands, so that he then was
master of them all. When that men went to law and Siegfried
uttered judgment, that was done in such a wise that men feared
sore fair Kriemhild's husband.

In these high honors Siegfried lived, of a truth, and judged as
king, till the tenth year was come, when his fair lady bare a
son. This was come to pass after the wish of the kinsmen of the
king. They hastened to baptize and name him Gunther for his
uncle; nor had he need to be ashamed of this. Should he grow
like to his kinsman, he would fare full well. They brought him
up with care, as was but due. In these same times the Lady
Siegelind died, and men enow made wail when death bereft them of
her. Then the child of the noble Uta held withal the power over
the lands, which well beseemed such high-born dames. (4)

Now also by the Rhine, as we hear tell, at mighty Gunther's
court, in the Burgundian land, Brunhild, the fair, had born a
son. For the hero's sake they named him Siegfried. With what
great care they bade attend him! The noble Gunther gave him
masters who well wot how to bring him up to be a doughty man.
Alas, what great loss of kin he later suffered through
misfortune!

Many tales were told all time, of how right worshipfully the
lusty knights dwelt alway in Siegmund's land. Gunther dealt the
same with his distinguished kin. The Nibelung land and
Schilbung's knights and the goods of both served Siegfried here
(none of his kinsmen ever waxed mightier than he). So much the
higher rose the mood of the valiant man. The very greatest heard