Nibelungendlied

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Title: The Nibelungendlied\
Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original\
Author: trans. by George Henry Needler\
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\ls1\ilvl0\cf0 {\listtext \'a5 }START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NIBELUNGENDLIED ***\
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\f1\b \cf0 THE NIBELUNGENLIED
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\f2\i \cf0 Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
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George Henry Needler\

\f2\i Associate Professor of German in University College, Toronto
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\f1\b \cf0 PREFACE
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This translation of the Nibelungenlied is published with the simple purpose of placing one of the world's great epic poems within the reach of English readers. Translations are at best but poor substitutes for originals. A new translation of a poem implies also a criticism of those that have preceded it. My apology for presenting this new English version of the Nibelungenlied is that none of those hitherto made has reproduced the metrical form of the original. In the hope of making the outlines of the poem clearer for the modern reader, I have endeavored to supply in the Introduction a historical background by summing up the results of investigation into its origin and growth. The translation itself was begun many years ago, when I studied the original under Zarncke in Leipzig.\
G. H. N.\
University College, Toronto, September, 1904.\
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\f1\b \cf0 CONTENTS
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\f1\b INTRODUCTION.
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\f1\b I. THE NIBELUNGEN SAGA.
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\ls2\ilvl0\cf0 {\listtext 1. }Origin of the Saga.\
{\listtext 2. }The Northern Form of the Saga.\
{\listtext 3. }The Saga as Preserved in the Nibelungenlied.\
{\listtext 4. }Mythical Element and Historical Element.\
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\f1\b \cf0 II. THE NIBELUNGENLIED.
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\ls3\ilvl0\cf0 {\listtext 1. }The Manuscripts.\
{\listtext 2. }Stages in the Evolution of the Poem.\
{\listtext 3. }Character of the Poem.\
{\listtext 4. }Later Forms of the Saga.\
{\listtext 5. }Poem and Saga in Modern Literature.\
{\listtext 6. }Modern German Translations.\
{\listtext 7. }English Translations.\
{\listtext 8. }Editions of the Nibelungenlied.\
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\f1\b \cf0 THE NIBELUNGENLIED.
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FIRST ADVENTURE: Kriemhild's Dream.\uc0\u8232 SECOND ADVENTURE: Siegfried.\u8232 THIRD ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Came to Worms.\u8232 FOURTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Fought with the Saxons.\u8232 FIFTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried first Saw Kriemhild.\u8232 SIXTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther Fared to Isenland to Brunhild. SEVENTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther Won Brunhild.\u8232 EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Fared to his Knights, the Nibelungen. NINTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried was Sent to Worms.\u8232 TENTH ADVENTURE: How Brunhild was Received at Worms.\u8232 ELEVENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Came Home with his Wife. TWELFTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther Bade Siegfried to the Feast. THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE: How They Fared to the Feast.\u8232 FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE: How the Queens Berated Each Other.\u8232 FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried was Betrayed.\u8232 SIXTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried was Slain.\u8232 SEVENTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Mourned for Siegfried. EIGHTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Sigmund Fared Home Again.\u8232 NINETEENTH ADVENTURE: How the Nibelungen Hoard was Brought to Worms. TWENTIETH ADVENTURE: How King Etzel Sent for Kriemhild.\u8232 TWENTY-FIRST ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Fared to the Huns.\u8232 TWENTY-SECOND ADVENTURE: How Etzel Kept the Wedding-feast. TWENTY-THIRD ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Thought to Avenge Her Wrong. TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE: How Werbel and Schwemmel Brought the Message. TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE: How the Knights all Fared to the Huns. TWENTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE: How Gelfrat was Slain by Dankwart. TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE: How They Came to Bechelaren.\u8232 TWENTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How the Burgundians Came to Etzel's Castle. TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE: How He Arose not before Her.\u8232 THIRTIETH ADVENTURE: How They Kept Guard.\u8232 THIRTY-FIRST ADVENTURE: How They Went to Mass.\u8232 THIRTY-SECOND ADVENTURE: How Bloedel was Slain.\u8232 THIRTY-THIRD ADVENTURE: How the Burgundians Fought with the Huns. THIRTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE: How They Cast Out the Dead.\u8232 THIRTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE: How Iring was Slain.\u8232 THIRTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE: How the Queen Bade Set Fire to the Hall. THIRTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE: How the Margrave Ruediger was Slain. THIRTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How All Sir Dietrich's Knights were Slain. THIRTY-NINTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther and Hagen and Kriemhild were Slain.\
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\f1\b \cf0 THE NIBELUNGENLIED
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\f1\b I. THE NIBELUNGEN SAGA
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\ls4\ilvl0\cf0 {\listtext 1. }Origin of the Saga\
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