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Heliand [Old Saxon,=Savior], Old Saxon poem of 5,983 lines, a narrative of the life of Jesus in alliterative verse, written c.825.

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Heliand. An Old Saxon Biblical poem. It is based on Tatian's harmony of the Gospels and written in alliterative verse. The Latin ‘Praefatio’ states that it was written at the order of Louis I (the ‘Pious’) for the benefit of his recently converted Saxon subjects.

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Heliand, The, an Old Saxon paraphrase in alliterative verse of the NT, dating from the 9th cent.

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