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336 goods. In the Thidreksaga the ferryman desires the ring for his young wife, which explains better the allusion to marriage and the desire for wealth.

to-broke, see note 4 to p. 6.

clerk, ‘ priest.’

Adventure XXXVI. This adventure is a late interpolation, as it is not found in the Thidreksaga. Originally the river must be thought of as separating them from Etzel’s kingdom.

Moering (M. H. G. Moeringen) lies between Pföring and Ingolstadt. In the Thidreksaga we are told that the mermaids were bathing in a body of water called Moere, whereas in our poem they bathe in a spring. This may he the original form of the account and the form here contaminatad, See Boer,, 134.

Eckewart, see note 7 to page 2. It will he remembered that he accompanied Kriemhild first to the Netherlands, then stayed with her at Worms after Siegfried’s death, and finally journeyed with her to Etzel’s court. Originally he must be thought of as guarding the boundary of Etzel’s land. Without doubt he originally warned the Burgundians, as in the early Norse versions, where Kriemhild fights on the side of her brothers, but since this duty was given to Dietrich, he has nothing to do but to announce their arrival to Rüdeger. His sleeping here may, however, be thought to indicate that it was too late to warn Gunther and his men.

chaplets, see note 1 to page 80.

of yore, see note 1 to page 190.

Nudung was slain, according to the Thidreksaga, chap. 335, by Vidga {here Wittich, M. H. G. Witege, the son of Wielant, the smith, in the battle of Gronsport. There, chap. 369, he is Gotelind’s brother, but in Biterolf and the Rosengarten he is her son.

marks, see note 1 to page 32.

Hildebrand is the teacher and armor bearer of Dietrich. He is the hero of the famous Hildebrandslied.

Wolfhart is Hildebrand’s nephew, In the Thidreksaga he falls in the battle of Gronsport.

Amelung land is the name under which Dietrich’s land appears. Theodorich, the king of the East Goths, belonged to the race of the Amali.