Balmung
Americannoun
noun
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Then came the bonus question: “Bucephalus and Roan Barbary were steeds. For 20 points, what were Balmung and Durendal?”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2019
“Bucephalus and Roan Barbary were steeds. For 20 points, what were Balmung and Durendal?”
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2018
The twelve foolish giants also he slew, and thus became himself master of the marvelous hoard as well as of the good sword Balmung.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
And Siegfried forgot not his trusty sword Balmung, nor his cloak of darkness the priceless Tarnkappe, which he had captured from the dwarf Alberich in the Nibelungen Land.
From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin
Balmung, the sword of Siegfried forged by Wieland the smith of the Scandinavian gods.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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