Editing Nibelungenlied (section)

===Opening stanza===
The famous opening of the ''Nibelungenlied'' is actually thought to be an addition by the adaptor of the  "*C" version of the ''Nibelungenlied'', as it does not appear in the manuscript of B, which probably represents the earlier version.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=192}}{{efn|The complicated meter of the stanza, with internal rhyme, is taken as further evidence that it is not original.{{sfn|Lienert|2015|p=37}}}} It may have been inspired by the prologue of the ''[[Nibelungenklage]]''.{{sfn|Heinzle|2013|p=1036}}

;Original (MS C){{sfn|Bartsch|Boor|1997|p=1|ps=, {{!}}{{!}} indicates a [[caesura]]}}
:Uns ist in alten mæren {{!}}{{!}} wunders vil geseit
:von helden lobebæren,{{!}}{{!}} von grôzer arebeit,
:von fröuden, hôchgezîten, {{!}}{{!}} von weinen und von klagen,
:von küener recken strîten {{!}}{{!}} muget ir nu wunder hœren sagen.

;Modern German{{sfn|Heinzle|2013|p=1036}}
:Uns ist in alten Geschichten viel Staunenswertes gesagt
:von ruhmwürdigen Helden, von großer Mühsal (im Kampf),
:von Freuden und Festen, von Weinen und Klagen,
:vom Kampf kühner Helden könnt ihr jetzt viel Staunenswertes sagen hören.

;English{{sfn|Edwards|2010|p=5}}
:In ancient tales many marvels are told us:
:of renowned heroes worthy of praise, of great hardship,
:of joys, festivities, of weeping and lamenting,
:of bold warriors' battles—now you may hear such marvels told.

Manuscript B instead begins with the introduction of [[Kriemhild]], the protagonist of the work.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=192}}