The Lay of the Nibelung Men

Arthur Sanders Way (1847-1930) was a classical scholar well known for his skilled translations of numerous prominent texts. First published in 1911, The Lay of the Nibelung Men constitutes Way's English translation of the Nibelungenlied. The text contains a complete verse translation of the original, together with an informative introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Nibelungenlied and approaches to its translation.

Introduction
Of Kriemhild, and of her dream
Of the fostering and the knighting of Siegfried
How Siegfried rode to the city of worms
How Siegfried warred against the Saxons
How Siegfried first saw Kriemhild
How they voyaged on love-quest to Isen-land
How the warrior-maid was won to be Gunther's bride
How Siegfried went to the Niblung land for his knights
How Siegfried bare tidings to the royal city
Of the strange bridal of Gunther and Brunhild
How Siegfried and his wife journeyed home
How Gunther bade Siegfried to a festival
How they fared to the feast-tide
How the Queens spake bitter words unto each other
How woven for Siegfried was the net of betrayal
How Siegfried was murdered
How Siegfried was mourned and buried
How Kriemhild would not return to the Lowland with Siegmund
How the hoard of the Niblungs came to worms
How Queen Kriemhild was wooed for the King of the Huns
Of Kriemhild's journeying to the land of the Huns
How King Etzel wedded Kriemhild
How Kriemhild thought on vengeance for her wrongs
How the Hun-king's minstrels bade the Burgundians to the Feast
How the Princes rode to the land of the Huns
How foes fell on them as they journey by night
How they came to Bechlaren
How the Burgundians came to Etzel's strong city
How Hagen refused to rise up in presence of the Queen
How Hagen and Volker kept watch while men slept
How they bore them at mass and tourney
Of the slaughter of the squires and the slaying of the slayer
How the fight began in Etzel's Hall
How they cast forth the dead
How Iring fought and died
How the Queen bade set fire to the hall
How the Margrave Rüdiger was slain
How Dietrich's men were all slain
How Gunther, Hagen, and Kriemhild were slain
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The Lay of the Nibelung Men

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