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    Alpharts Tod (The Death of Alphart) is an anonymous late medieval Middle High German poem in the poetic cycle of the hero Dietrich von Bern, the counterpart...
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  • Anglo-Saxon poems Beowulf and Widsith. He later appears in German epics such as Alpharts Tod, and in the Old Norse Þiðreks saga, which is based on German sources...
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    name of St Alphege (Ælfhēah, "elf-tall"). German examples are Alberich, Alphart and Alphere (father of Walter of Aquitaine) and Icelandic examples include...
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    saved by a mermaid. In Alpharts Tod, Witege and his companion Heime fight and kill the young warrior Alphart. Witege kills Alphart from behind in order...
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    (v sin i) 1.1 km/s Age 420±160 Myr Other designations Alphard, Alfard, Alphart, Kalbelaphard, Cor Hydrae, 30 Hydrae, HR 3748, BD−08°2680, HD 81797, SAO...
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    the Middle High German poems Dietrichs Flucht, the Rabenschlacht, and Alpharts Tod about Dietrich of Bern, Ermanaric is Dietrich's uncle who has driven...
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  • Gleste From MHG gleste "glow, glitter, gleam". The sword of Eckehart. Alpharts Tod Gram/Balmung Old Norse: Gramr, Middle High German: Balmunc Gramr means...
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    later fantastical poem Virginal and is mentioned in the historical poem Alpharts Tod. Widsith mentions him among a number of other Gothic heroes, including...
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  • in connection with Dietrich and Heime (Háma's) liberation by Witige in Alpharts Tod as well. Mofdings, Ofdings Old English: Mōfdingas, Ōfdingas The Widsith...
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    today. Simrock also translated other heroic poems such as the Kudrun, Alpharts Tod, and the Rosengarten zu Worms, connecting them as Das kleine Heldenbuch...
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  • leading to the outbreak of World War II. The 2009 German documentary by Alphart Geyer, Hitlers Krieg? Was Guido Knopp Verschweigt, and translated into...
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    Dietrich is particularly saddened by the death of Wolfhart's brother Alphart. He is forced to return to Etzel. Dietrichs Flucht is transmitted together...
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    ISBN 3-615-17100-4).: Biterolf und Dietleib, Laurin und Walberan, 1866 Alpharts Tod; Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, 1866 Ornit und die Wolfdietriche...
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    brother of Wolfwin and Wolfbrand. Nibelungenlied, Biterolf und Dietleib, Alpharts Tod Rienolt Middle High German: Rienolt or Rein(h)olt, Old Norse: Reinaldr...
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    still saddened by the loss of his men in the previous poem, especially Alphart. Etzel announces that he will give Dietrich a new army, and there is a...
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    of the princes. Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, Rosengarten zu Worms, Alpharts Tod Imd Old Norse: Imd From PN *īmiþō. It is the same root as in the giantess...
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    Biterolf und Dietleib, Rosengarten zu Worms, Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, Alpharts Tod. Wärbel Wärbel(în) The name "Wärbel" is probably derived from MHG werben...
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    of Ermarnic's men fighting against Dietrich von Bern, and in Alpharts Tod he kills Alphart with Witiege. In several of the fantastical poems he is one...
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    marry Eadgils (Adils). Hervarar saga, Hrólfs saga kraka Alphart Middle High German: Alphart First element MHG alp- ("elf"), second element MHG -hart...
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    Nibelungenlied, Nibelungenklage, Þiðreks saga, Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, Alpharts Tod, Rosengarten zu Worms, Eckenlied, Sigenot, Goldemar, Dietrich und Fasolt...
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    leads Attila's armies against the Poles. Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, Alpharts Tod, Biterolf und Dietleib Gotelind Middle High German: Gotelint, Old Norse:...
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    Rabenschlacht. The text also contains an explicit allusion to Witege's role in Alpharts Tod. Especially important for understanding the text is its portrayal of...
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  • Weidmann. pp. 267-274. Lienert, Elisabeth; Meyer, Viola, eds. (2007). Alpharts Tod; Dietrich und Wenezlan. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN 9783484645035. Eis...
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    von Bern, son of Heribrand, father of Hadubrand, uncle of Wolfhart and Alphart. In the Hildebrandslied, Hildebrand1 is returning with an army to Italy...
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