The Nibelungenlied
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Chapter_1642

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How mightfully soever

Hagen on Gelfrat leapt,

The noble margrave parried;

and with one stroke he swept

A great piece off his buckler⁠—

that sparks therefrom were shed;

Whereby King Gunther’s vassal

was well-nigh stricken dead.