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Balmung

American  
[bahl-moong] / ˈbɑl mʊŋ /
Also Balmunc

noun

  1. (in theNibelungenlied ) a sword seized from the Nibelungs by Siegfried.


Balmung British  
/ ˈbælmʊŋ, ˈbælmʊŋk /

noun

  1. (in the Nibelungenlied ) Siegfried's sword

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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 muscles on his short, brawny arms, stood out like great ropes; and then Balmung, descending, cleft the air from right to left.

From The Story of Siegfried by Baldwin, James

If his war-coat can withstand the stroke of such a sword as Balmung, then I shall not be ashamed to be his underling.

From The Story of Siegfried by Baldwin, James

But with their father's sword, that hight Balmung, he wrested from them both hoard and land.

From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret