The Nibelungenlied: the Lay of the Nibelungs (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Nibelungenlied: The Lay of the Nibelungs messenger’s bread: the customary reward given to messengers in medieval literature, even to those of high rank. For example, in Book I of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival, the burgrave of Zazamanc asks Queen Belacane for ‘a costly messenger’s reward’ when he brings her the news that Gahmuret is to fight on her side.

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