Hildebrandslied

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Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.

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Jüngeres Hildebrandslied 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German heroic lay ⓘ
Old High German heroic poem ⓘ
early medieval poem ⓘ
approximateDate c. 830 ⓘ
associatedPeriod Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ
containsCharacter Dietrich von Bern ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Frankish Empire ⓘ
culturalSignificance earliest substantial monument of Old High German poetry ⓘ
one of the oldest surviving works in the German language ⓘ
currentRepository Universitätsbibliothek Kassel ⓘ
dateWritten early 9th century ⓘ
ending incomplete ⓘ
firstEdition published 1729 by Johann Georg von Eckhart ⓘ
genre heroic poetry ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
Modern German ⓘ
linked to: New High German

many modern languages ⓘ
influenceOn historical linguistics of German ⓘ
study of Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
language Old High German ⓘ
literaryTradition Germanic heroic tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter Hadubrand ⓘ
Hildebrand ⓘ
manuscript Kassel manuscript ⓘ
manuscriptLocation Kassel, Germany ⓘ
meter alliterative verse ⓘ
motif returning exile ⓘ
unknowing combat between relatives ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue-based narrative ⓘ
numberOfLines 68 ⓘ
originalLanguageScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
placeOfComposition Fulda Abbey ⓘ
linked to: monastery of Fulda
plotSummary Hildebrand meets his son Hadubrand in battle after long exile and they fight without recognizing their kinship ⓘ
probablePlaceOfComposition Fulda ⓘ
relatedMotif Hildebrand legend ⓘ
linked to: Hildebrand
relatedWork Jüngeres Hildebrandslied ⓘ
linked to: Hildebrandslied

Þiðreks saga ⓘ
scholarlyField Germanic philology ⓘ
medieval German studies ⓘ
script Carolingian minuscule ⓘ
setting heroic-legendary Germanic world ⓘ
textualState fragmentary ⓘ
theme conflict between kinship and warrior honor ⓘ
fate and inevitability ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
tragic duel between father and son ⓘ
writtenOn Codex Kassel 2° Ms. theol. 54 ⓘ

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Old High German → notableText → Hildebrandslied ⓘ
Hildebrandslied → relatedWork → Jüngeres Hildebrandslied ⓘ
linked to: Hildebrandslied