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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instanceOf German heroic lay
Old High German heroic poem
early medieval poem
approximateDate c. 830 GENERATED
associatedPeriod Carolingian Renaissance GENERATED
containsCharacter Dietrich von Bern GENERATED
countryOfOrigin Frankish Empire GENERATED
culturalSignificance earliest substantial monument of Old High German poetry GENERATED
one of the oldest surviving works in the German language GENERATED
currentRepository Universitätsbibliothek Kassel GENERATED
dateWritten early 9th century GENERATED
ending incomplete GENERATED
firstEdition published 1729 by Johann Georg von Eckhart GENERATED
genre heroic poetry GENERATED
hasTranslation English GENERATED
Modern German GENERATED
many modern languages GENERATED
influenceOn historical linguistics of German GENERATED
study of Germanic heroic legend GENERATED
language Old High German GENERATED
literaryTradition Germanic heroic tradition GENERATED
mainCharacter Hadubrand GENERATED
Hildebrand GENERATED
manuscript Kassel manuscript GENERATED
manuscriptLocation Kassel, Germany GENERATED
meter alliterative verse GENERATED
motif returning exile GENERATED
unknowing combat between relatives GENERATED
narrativeForm dialogue-based narrative GENERATED
numberOfLines 68 GENERATED
originalLanguageScript Latin alphabet GENERATED
placeOfComposition Fulda Abbey GENERATED
plotSummary Hildebrand meets his son Hadubrand in battle after long exile and they fight without recognizing their kinship GENERATED
probablePlaceOfComposition Fulda GENERATED
relatedMotif Hildebrand legend GENERATED
relatedWork Jüngeres Hildebrandslied GENERATED
Þiðreks saga GENERATED
scholarlyField Germanic philology GENERATED
medieval German studies GENERATED
script Carolingian minuscule GENERATED
setting heroic-legendary Germanic world GENERATED
textualState fragmentary GENERATED
theme conflict between kinship and warrior honor GENERATED
fate and inevitability GENERATED
loyalty and betrayal GENERATED
tragic duel between father and son GENERATED
writtenOn Codex Kassel 2° Ms. theol. 54 GENERATED

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Old High German notableText Hildebrandslied