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INDEX OF PROPER NAMES.
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Iring (Irinc). Described as a liegeman of Haward, a Danish lord living at Etzel’s court, 1807, 2031, etc.

Irnfried. A landgrave of Thuringia, at Etzel’s court, 1804, 2031, 2070, etc.

Isenstein. Brunhilda’s castle, 384.

Kief (Kiewe). A city in Russia, 1340.

Kriemhilda (Kriemhilt). Daughter of Dankrat and Uté, 2, etc.

Ludegast. King of Denmark, 140, etc.

Ludeger. Prince of Saxony, brother of Ludegast, 140, etc.

Lochheim (Loche). The place on the Rhine where the Nibelung Hoard was sunk, 1137.

Medlick. Molk in Austria, 1328.

Miesenburg. Wieselburg on the Danube, 1377.

Moeringen. A place on the Danube below Pföringen, 1591.

Mautern. In Austria, on the Danube, 1329.

Nantwin. Herrat’s father, 1381.

Nibelung. The first-mentioned possessor of the hoard, and of the sword Balmung. His sons were Nibelung and Schilbung, and his stronghold is located in Norway, 87, 739.

Nibelungs. The sons of Nibelung and their men, 87, 580. The name afterwards seems to be applied to the possessors of the hoard and finally to the Burgundians, 617, 1523, 1715, 1726, 1737, 1900, 2379.

Nibelung-Land, 484, 524, 778.

Nudung. Son of Gotelinda, described as slain by Witege, 1699, 1903, 1907, etc.

Ortlieb. The son of Etzel and Kriemhilda, killed by Hagen, 1388, 1913, 1961, etc.

Ortwein, of Metz. Nephew of Hagen and high sewer to the Burgundian kings, 9, 11, 81, etc.

Passau. A city on the Danube, 1296, 1627.

Petschnegen. The name of a place or tribe (Pescenære) tributary to Etzel, 1340.

Pfoering (Vergen). A place on the Danube below Ingoldstadt, 1291.

Pilgerin, or Pilgrim. A bishop of Passau, who is represented as the uncle of the Burgundian kings and of Kriemhilda, 1428, 1628. The actual Bishop of Passau of that name held the see from 971-991.

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