Ermanaric
Americannoun
noun
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Ermanaric, Attila, and Theodoric, Sigfred the Frank, and Gundahari the Burgundian, are heroes over all the region occupied by all forms of Teutonic language.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.
The poems of Attila and the Lay of the Death of Ermanaric are more restricted.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.
Old Ermanaric stabbed himself for shame, and the hearts of the Goths became as water before the tempest of nations.
From Roman and the Teuton by Kingsley, Charles
The last gibe at Ermanaric stirs him as he lies, and he calls on the remnant of the Goths to stone the men that neither sword nor spear nor arrow will bring down.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.
In German legend Ermanaric became the typical cruel tyrant, and references to his crimes abound in German epic and in Anglo-Saxon poetry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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