They extolled his heroic nature and exploits and gave thanks for his greatness; which was the proper thing, for a man should praise a prince whom he holds dear and cherish his memory when that moment comes when he has to be convoyed from his bodily home. So the Geat people, his hearth companions, sorrowed for the lord who had been laid low. 3180 They said that of all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.
