Traditional

The Nibelungenlied Traditional

The Nibelungenlied was originally written in Middle High German (M. H. G.), sometime around 1200 A. D., though the dating is by no means certain. The author is unknown, but the text is legend, and legendary. This particular translation is from an edition published as The Nibelungenlied in 1909. The translation is engaging and fairly modern English prose: it opens "Full many a wonder is told us in stories old, of heroes worthy of praise, of hardships dire, of joy and feasting, of the fighting of bold warriors, of weeping and of wailing; now ye may hear wonders told. . . ."