Alrich

Ye know that I am lowly of race and weak of limb; but did I not give into your hands the tribe of Alrich, and did ye not slay them in the dead of night with a great slaughter?

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Then loud and long was heard the war-cry of Alrich, and forth poured, as a stream over a narrow bed, the river of armed men.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And when the morning came, the children of Oestrich counted the slain, and found the leader of Alrich and the chief men of the tribe amongst them; and great was the joy thereof.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Alrich, and didst warn us of the fall of the oak of our tribe, wherefore

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Ere yet, however, Morven summoned the courage to descend the tree, he saw the shining of arms through the bare branches of the wood, and presently a small band of the hostile Alrich came into sight.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

As I sat last night in the ruined palace of our ancient kings, tending, as my father bade me, the sheep that grazed around, lest the fierce tribe of Alrich should descend unseen from the mountains upon the herd, a storm came darkly on; and when the storm had ceased, and I looked above on the sky, I saw a star descend from its height towards me, and a voice from the star said:

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

While thus absorbed he heard a great noise in the forest, and, fearful lest the hostile tribe of the Alrich might pierce that way, he ascended one of the loftiest pine-trees, to whose perpetual verdure the winter had not denied the shelter he sought; and, concealed by its branches, he looked anxiously forth in the direction whence the noise had proceeded.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And when the morning came, the children of Oestrich counted the slain, and found the leader of Alrich and the chief men of the tribe amongst them, and great was the joy thereof.

The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux 1823

Then loud and long was heard the warcry of Alrich, and forth poured, as a stream over a narrow bed, the river of armed men.

The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux 1823

While thus absorbed, he heard a great noise in the forest, and, fearful lest the hostile tribe of the Alrich might pass that way, he ascended one of the loftiest pine-trees, to whose perpetual verdure the winter had not denied the shelter he sought, and, concealed by its branches, he looked anxiously forth in the direction whence the noise had proceed.

The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux 1823