(2) "Surcoat", which here translates the M.H.G. "wafenhemde", is
a light garment of cloth or silk worn above the armor.
(3) "Azagouc". See Zazamanc, Adventure VI, note 2. This
strophe is evidently a late interpolation, as it contradicts
the description given above.
(4) Weights. The M.H.G. "messe" (Lat. "masse") is just as
indefinite as the English expression. It was a mass or lump
of any metal, probably determined by the size of the
melting-pot.



ADVENTURE VIII (1)
How Siegfried Fared To His Men-At-Arms, the Nibelungs.

Through the gate Siegfried hied him in his Cloak of Darkness down
to the sand, where he found a skiff. Secretly the son of
Siegmund embarked and drove it quickly hence, as though the wind
did blow it on. None saw the steersman; the bark fared fast,
impelled by Siegfried's mighty strength. They weened a seldom
strong wind did drive it on. Nay, it was rowed by Siegfried, the
son of Siegelind, the fair. In the time of a day and night with
might and main he reached a land full hundred rests (2) away, or
more. The people hight Nibelungs, where he owned the mighty
hoard. The hero rowed alone to a broad isle, where the lusty
knight now beached the boat and made it fast full soon. To a
hill he hied him, upon which stood a castle, and sought here
lodgment, as way-worn travelers do. He came first to a gateway
that stood fast locked. In sooth they guarded well their honor,
as men still do. The stranger now gan knock upon the door, the