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  • When the mighty Liudeger espied Siegfried and saw that he bore high in hand the good sword Balmung and did slay so many a man, then waxed the lording wroth and fierce enow.

    The Nibelungenlied 2007

  • So he bound the sword Balmung to the young prince's side, and told him to seek a certain person, who would give him a fine war-horse.

    Bertha Mary Hazelton Wade

  • When the mighty Liudeger espied Siegfried and saw that he bore high in hand the good sword Balmung and did slay so many a man, then waxed the lording wroth and fierce enow.

    The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway

  • Siegfried, the magic sword Balmung by his side, the Cloak of Darkness thrown over his arm, the Magic Wand in his strong right hand, went over the mountain, across the plains, nor did he tarry until he came again to the castle built on the banks of the river Rhine in his own low-lying country of the Netherlands.

    Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

  • Grasping his good sword Balmung, Siegfried first met Ludegast piercing him through his steel harness with an ugly thrust till he lay helpless at his feet.

    Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

  • They gave him, for reward, the mighty sword Balmung, that had belonged to the dead king of the Nibelungers, and then in anxious expectation stood around him as he began to count out and separate the pieces of gold and the shining stones.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • But the young squire knew what the maiden wished to hear, and he told her of the mighty deeds done on the battlefield, and how ever in the forefront, where the danger was the greatest, was to be seen the gallant Prince of the Netherlands, his good sword Balmung in his hand.

    Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Now Ludeger had seen how Siegfried swung his good sword Balmung, and how he cleft in twain the helmet of many of the toughest warriors in the Saxon army, and his heart was filled with rage.

    Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • By his side hung his good sword Balmung, a quiver thrust through his girdle was filled with arrows, the shafts of which were golden.

    Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • His good sword Balmung flashed in the air, and the bear was slain and carried back to the camp.

    Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

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