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[[File:Nibelungenlied_8760.jpg|frame|Hagen spears Siegfried in the Back during a Hunt -- A [[The Late Middle Ages|15th Century]] Manuscript of the ''Nibelungenlied'']]▼
| title = Nibelungenlied
| original title = Der Nibelunge liet
| image = Nibelungenlied_8760.jpg
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| author =
| central theme =
| elevator pitch = The exploits of Siegfried and Kriemhild
| genre =
| publication date = circa 1200
| source page exists =
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
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{{quote|''No warrior will ever do a darker deed.''|'''Anonymous'''}}
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Technically, the poem is written in four line roughly hexameter stanzas, with strong pauses in the middle of each line, rhyming AABB, and with the final line of each stanza usually lengthened by an extra foot. The language of the poem is Middle High German, ''i.e''., the language spoken in what is now southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, from about the 11th to the 14th centuries. Thus:
{{quote|''Ez wuohs in Burgonden
''Daz in allen landen
''Chriemhilt geheizen.
''Darumbe muosen degene
{{quote|''Ir pflâgen drîe künege,
''Gunther unde Gêrnôt,
''unt Gîselher der iunge,
''Diu frouwe was ir swester,
{{quote|''In Burgundy grew up a maiden called Kriemhild, so noble that none fairer might exist in any lands. She was a lovely woman -- and for that many warriors had to lose their lives. Three kings, noble and rich, were her guardians: Gunther and Gernot, the praiseworthy fighters, and the young Giselher, an exceptional warrior. This lady was their sister, whom the princes had in their care.''}}
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