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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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