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The Lay of the Nibelungs

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The Lay of the Nibelungs (1901)
by Anonymous, translated by Alice Horton, edited by Edward Bell

The Lay of the Nibelungs is an epic poem written anonymously in Middle High German around 1200.
This copy is an English translation by Alice Horton, revised and edited for a second edition by Edward Bell.

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THE LAY OF THE NIBELUNGS

GEORGE BELL & SONS

LONDON : YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN

CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

THE LAY OF THE

NIBELUNGS

METRICALLY TRANSLATED FROM
THE OLD GERMAN TEXT
BY ALICE HORTON

REVISED AND EDITED BY

EDWARD BELL, M.A.


TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE ESSAY
ON THE NIBELUNGEN LIED BY
THOMAS CARLYLE

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS

YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN 1901

First edition, 1898

Second edition revised, 1901

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Editor's Preface vii
Thomas Carlyle on the Nibelungen Lied xiii
Facsimile from the St. Gall MS to face lxxi

THE LAY OF THE NIBELUNGS: ADVENTURES.

I. Kriemhilda 1
II. Siegfried 4
III. How Siegfried came to Worms 8
IV. How Siegfried fought the Saxons 24
V. How Siegfried first saw Kriemhilda 46
VI. How Gunther went to Iceland after Brunhilda 56
VII. How Gunther won Brunhilda 67
VIII. How Siegfried went to fetch the Nibelungs 82
IX. How Siegfried was sent to Worms 90
X. How Brunhilda was received at Worms 99
XI. How Siegfried went Home with his Wife 118
XII. How Gunther bade Siegfried to the Festival 124
XIII. How they journeyed to the Festival 133
XIV. How the Queens railed at one another 139
XV. How Siegfried was betrayed 150
XVI. How Siegfried was slain 156
XVII. How Kriemhilda mourned for her Husband, and how he was buried 171
XVIII. How Siegmund went back to his own Land 183
XIX. How the Nibelung Hoard was brought to Worms 188
XX. How King Etzel sent to Burgundy after Kriemhilda 195
XXI. How Kriemhilda went to the Huns 220
XXII. How Etzel espoused Kriemhilda 228
XXIII. How Kriemhilda thought to avenge her Injury 236
XXIV. How Werbel and Schwemmel did their Errand 242
XXV. How the Lords all went to the Huns 257
XXVI. How Gelfrat was slain by Dankwart 270
XXVII. How they came to Bechelaren 281
XXVIII. How the Burgundians came to Etzel's Stronghold 293
XXIX. How he stood not up before her 300
XXX. How they kept Watch and Ward 310
XXXI. How they went to Church 315
XXXII. How Bloedelin was slain 327
XXXIII. How the Burgundians fought with the Huns 333
XXXIV. How they cast forth the Dead 343
XXXV. How Iring was slain 346
XXXVI. How the Queen bade that the Hall be set on fire 355
XXXVII. How the Margrave Rüdeger was slain 364
XXXVIII. How Sir Dietrich's Warriors all were slain 381
XXXIX. How Gunther and Hagen and Kriemhilda were slain 396
Index of Proper Names 407

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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