“ Hadubrand only regards the old man’s words as the excuse of cowardice. “In sharp showers the ashen spears fall on the shields, and then the warriors seize their swords and hew vigorously at the white shields until these are beaten to pieces....” With these words the fragment breaks off abruptly, giving no clue as to the issue of the combat. There is little doubt, however, that, as in the Old Norse Asmundar saga, where the tale is alluded to, the fight must have been fatal to Hadubrand. ”

“ O. Schröder, Bemerkungen zum Hildebrandslied (1880) ; H. Möller, Zur althochdeutschen Alliterationspoesie (1888) ; R. Heinzel, Über die ostgotische Heldensage (1889) ; B. Busse, “Sagengeschichtliches zum Hildebrandslied,” in Paul und Braune’s Beiträge, xxvi. ”