The Nibelungenlied
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Therewith he struck at Bloedel,

with stroke of sword so fleet,

That off his head was smitten,

and lay before his feet.

“Be that thy wedding-dower,”

the warrior Dankwart said,

“Unto the bride of Nudung,

whom thou wouldst woo and wed!