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Heroic lay

The heroic lay (German: Heldenlied) is a genre of Germanic epic poetry characteristic of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages. A lay is a short narrative poem of between 80 and 200 lines concerning a single heroic episode in the life of a warrior from Germanic legend. It is distinct from the heroic epic (Beowulf, Nibelungenlied) which combines…

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Heroic lay → Blackwell, Brian, Cain, Camden House, Christopher, Early Middle Ages, Fulk, German Literature, Germanic Legend, Heroic Verse, History, In Murdoch, ISBN, Murdoch, Old English Literature, Oxford, Suffolk, Woodbridge

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heroic germanic german isbn lay epic narrative ed poetry early middle ages legend beowulf nibelungenlied old christopher history hatto 1980

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Heroic layrelated to Further readingFulk0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingCain0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingChristopher0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingGermanic Legend0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingHistory0.60section
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Heroic layrelated to Further readingBlackwell0.60section
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Heroic layrelated to Further readingMurdoch0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingBrian0.60section
Heroic layrelated to Further readingHeroic Verse0.60section

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