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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

When the time which had been set drew near, Mimer, bearing the sword Balmung, and followed by all his pupils and apprentices, wended his way toward the place of meeting.

From Hero Tales by Baldwin, James

Warily did he guard him against Hagen’s mighty falchion Balmung.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

With the sword full trusty, / Balmung that hight.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry