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Winkelried
/ ˈvɪŋkəlriːt /
noun
- WinkelriedArnold von?1386MSwissPOLITICS: patriot Arnold von (ˈarnɔlt fɔn). died ?1386, Swiss hero of the battle of Sempach (1386) against the Austrians
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Every voluntary martyrdom tells a national tale as plain as that written in blood and spirit by Arnold Von Winkelried, in 1386.
I wonder what Conrad Winkelried's people will think of me in that far-off mountainous Switzerland whither he is to take me!
Conrad Winkelried must have expressed himself very plainly, sister, before you understood him.
Such was the situation of the Winkelried, when the omens of the night changed to their dread reality.
But the Winkelried was running along the coast of Savoy, ere any ventured forth, and the search proved fruitless.
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