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• The Hildebrandslied was written between 825 and 850 AD.
• It was written in Bavarian, but there are many indications of other languages present in the text, so it's hard to pinpoint exactly what the language it was written in was.
• It seems to be an old warrior about to do battle with his son? The language was confusing to me, even in the translation, but it seemed that they were exchanging words before a fight.
• Poor Henry got leprosy and to cure it, he traveled a lot. He found a place in Italy where he found he needed to sacrifice a virgin to be cured. Not finding a virgin, he decided to sell all of his things and live with freemen. He met a girl and fell in love with her, and she agrees to be sacrificed for him. He changes his mind at the last second and they return home to get married.
• It was a nice story, and it reminded me of a bible parable.
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