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Lea Decker

Universität zu Köln

Niebelungenlied

Lea Decker /
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Uns ist in alten mæren wunders vil geseit
von helden lobebæren , von grôzer arebeit ,
von fröuden hôchgezîten , von weinen und von klagen ,
von küener recken strîten muget ir nu wunder hœren sagen .

Ez wuohs in Burgonden ein vil edel magedîn
daz in allen landen niht schœners mohte sîn
Kriemhilt geheizen : si wart ein scœne wîp .
dar umbe muosen degene vil verliesen den lîp .
To us in olden story / are wonders many told
Of heroes rich in glory , / of trials manifold :
Of joy and festive greeting , / of weeping and of woe ,
Of keenest warriors meeting , / shall ye now many a wonder know .

There once grew up in Burgundy / a maid of noble birth ,
Nor might there be a fairer / than she in all the earth :
Kriemhild hight the maiden , / and grew a dame full fair ,
Through whom high thanes a many / to lose their lives soon dooméd were

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