The Hildebrandslied: Translated From the Old High German, Into English Alliterative Verse

by Francis Asbury Wood

Excerpt from The Hildebrandslied: Translated From the Old High German, Into English Alliterative Verse

The form in which the poem comes down to us dates from about 800 ad. But we know that it was copied from an earlier MS and that this earlier MS was written down from memory or dictation. How old the original was we cannot tell, but probably before 750.

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Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Medieval, Classics

18 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1914

About the author

Francis Asbury Wood, 1859-1948

Reviews

[Erika]

*Letto per il corso di Filologia Germanica.*

[Lena]

This is a fragmented Old High German heroic song, redacted around the early 9th century at Fulda.

This translation is literary:
https://books.google.com/books?id=BME...

This translation is literal:
http://www.geocities.ws/reginheim/hil...

And here is a helpful site:
https://maikhildebrandt.wordpress.com...

[Anastasia]

*Read for my foreign literature class.

[Mason]

Read for German 140 - Fall 2019

[Saphir]

so chaotisch und ich liebe das

[Lexi Leafe]

This poem has everything: the Huns, and a prototype for "You're not my father."