Romances and Epics of Our Northern Ancestors: Norse, Celt and TeutonNorrœna Society, 1907 - 343 Seiten |
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ROMANCES & EPICS OF OUR NORTHE Wilhelm 1800-1886 Wagner,W. S. W. Anson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Amelungs answered armour arms asked avenge Balmung battle beautiful Bechelaren Beowulf Berchtung blood bold brave brother Brunhild Burgundians Burgundy castle Chriemhild comrades cried daughter dead death deeds Dietleib Dietrich Dietrich of Bern dragon dwarf Eadgils emperor Ermenrich faithful father fear feast fell fight Freyja friends gave Gawain giant Giselher gold Grendel grim Gudrûn Hagen hall hand Hartmut head heard heart Hegeling Heime hero of Bern Herwig Hettel Hildburg Hilde Hildebrand holy Grail honour horse Huns husband Ilsan Irolt Isenland King Etzel King Gunther king of Burgundy knew knight land Laurin length Lohengrin looked lord maiden Margrave master minstrel monster mother mountain Nibelungs noble once Ortnit palace peace Percival prince princess queen returned Rhine rode rose royal Rüdiger Siegfried Siegfried's Sigenot slain soon stood strong sword thought Titurel told took Tristram victory warriors Wasgenstein wife Wittich Wolfdieterich Wolfhart wounds young
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Seite 61 - Sometimes it will be more convenient to arrange the two charts in symmetrical positions, one to the left and the other to the right of the subject's median plane, and with a slight inclination toward this plane.
Seite 299 - Luke ii. 14. How joyful were they of the incarnation of Christ, and the great work of redemption wrought thereby ! And, as I said, they did not only see these things, but they wondered at the love and mercy and wisdom of God in the Head and members of the church ; as we see in divers places, in 1 Pet.
Seite 104 - IN KING LAURIN'S REALM. A SOFT twilight reigned in the vast hall of the palace to which they now came. The walls were of polished marble, inlaid with gold and silver. The floor was formed of a single agate, the ceiling of a sapphire, and from it there hung shining carbuncles like stars in the blue sky of night. All at once it became light as day. The queen came in surrounded by her maidens. Her girdle and necklace were jewelled, and in her coronet was a diamond that shone like the sun, bringing the...
Seite 28 - The news of his death spread sorrow and terror in the army. His body was enclosed in three coffins — the first was of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. The captives, who had made the grave, were strangled.
Seite 298 - ... sapphire, in which a miracle of art was to be seen. The sun, moon, and stars placed there by the builders, moved in the same order as the real luminaries in the heavens. In the wide inner space of the great temple a second and smaller sanctuary was built, resembling the first, but far more beautiful. This was the place intended for the Sangrcal, should it come down to earth.
Seite 151 - ... brave old father, whom he had not seen since his childhood. To BERN. The hero of Bern was welcomed with the utmost joy by his people, and soon collected an army, which among its most celebrated warriors numbered brave Lodwig and his son Konrad, faithful Eckehart and his comrade Hache. Nor was Heime wanting ; he had done penance for his sins in a cloister, and now, hearing of Dietrich's return, hastened to him to renew his oath, death having released him from the fealty he had formerly owed to...
Seite 308 - Percival heard whispered by one voice after another. He longed to question some one ; but felt too much awed by the strangeness and solemnity of all he saw. The maidens withdrew, and the squires and pages of the knights came forward. Then from the shining vessel streamed an endless supply of the costliest dishes and wines, which they set before their masters. The lord of the castle, however, only ate of one dish, and but a small quantity of that. Percival glanced round the great hall. What could...
Seite 273 - Before the queen and her ladies could get down to the shore, Wate had already landed. On seeing the queen, he at once told her the good news. The rest of the ships were not long in arriving, and soon Hilde had the pleasure of embracing her daughter, the long-lost Gudrun. Time passed on, and joy reigned in every breast but one.
Seite 235 - On the following day Swemmeling had to continue his journey. A few weeks after his departure, the Margravine died of grief, and Dietelinde was left alone. She remained alone for a long time, but when Dietrich reconquered the land of the Amelungs, he took the orphan from Bechelaren, and brought her to his wife, the noble Herrat, at whose court she won the love of a bold warrior, whom she afterwards married. Swemmeling made his way to Worms as rapidly as he could. AT WORMS. Meanwhile things were going...
Seite 141 - ... and advised him to try an ambush. Next day, as Walter and Hildegunde were continuing their journey across the open country, they were set upon by two men in complete armour, who sprang out upon them from behind a clump of bushes. They were Hagen and King Gunther. Despairing of flight, Walter leaped off his horse, and they did the same. With wonderful agility he dodged, now to the right, now to the left, to avoid their blows; at length his sword cut through one of King Gunther's greaves, and the...