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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, Old High German Hildibrand, literally "battle-sword;" for first element see Hilda; for second element see brand.
Wikipedia
Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Langobard origin.
He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great, called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand figures in three famous songs: in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and in the Old Norse song "Hildebrand's Death" in Ásmundar saga kappabana (called Hildibrandr). He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum, and in the late medieval Jüngeres Hildebrandslied.
In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern. It is he that kills Kriemhild, after she ordered her brother's death and killed Hagen herself.
In the Hildebrandslied, which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. In fact Hildebrand became Dietrich's armourer, because he had to leave his home, he left his wife and his son. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns. His son Hadubrand is now ruling over his land, he is leading his army against the supposed invasion. As is customary, the two leaders meet between the armies. They start to list their family tree, in order to prevent themselves from killing a relative. Hadubrand says that he is "Hadubrand Hildebrand's son", but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he thinks that the fighter before him is using Hildebrand's name to deceive him. In fact, the ending in the original text has been lost, but the legends and the third song tell the end of the story. Hildebrand has to kill his son otherwise he would be killed by him; he has pictures of all the warriors he killed on his red shield, and his son's picture is added to the others.
The Scandinavian song "Hildebrand's death" tell how Hildebrand fights against his half-brother. He is wounded fatally by him and the shield with the picture of his son falls near to his head on the ground. He begs his half-brother to cover his body, and to bury him properly.
Although associated with historical characters from the 5th and 6th centuries, Theodoric and Odoacer, Hildebrand himself has not been identified as a historical personage.
Hildebrand may refer to:
Hildebrand or Hadobrandus (died 884×7) was the bishop of Sées from 849.
In 856 Hildebrand attended a local assembly at Neaufles summoned by the king, Charles the Bald, and his heir, Louis the Stammerer. At the time Hildebrand and one Betto were serving as the king's local representatives ( missi). He attended the synod of Soissons in 857.
When Sées was threatened by Vikings, Hildebrand fled to Moussy-le-Neuf with the relics of Saint Opportuna.
Hildebrand is a surname, and may refer to:
- Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921), German sculptor
- Alice von Hildebrand (born 1923), Belgian philosopher and theologian
- Billy Hildebrand (born c.1924), American former football player and coach
- Brian Hildebrand (1962–1999), American professional wrestling manager
- Bror Emil Hildebrand (1806–1884) Swedish archaeologist, numismatist and museum director
- Bruno Hildebrand (1812–1878), German economist
- Dan Hildebrand, American actor
- David K. Hildebrand, scholar on American music history
- Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Francis B. Hildebrand (1915–2002), American mathematician
- Franklin Hildebrand (1893–1966), American journalist
- George Hildebrand (1878–1960), American baseball player
- Gerhard Hildebrand (1877–unknown), German journalist and politician
- Gert Hildebrand (born 1953), German car designer
- Grant Hildebrand, American architect and architectural historian
- Hans Hildebrand (1824–1913) Swedish archaeologist
- Henry Hildebrand (1911–2006), Canadian religious educator
- Hilde Hildebrand (1897–1976), German actress
- Ike Hildebrand (born 1927), Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player
- J. B. Hildebrand, American football coach
- Joe Hildebrand (born 1976), Australian journalist
- Joel Henry Hildebrand (1881–1983), American educator and pioneer chemist
- Johann Hildebrand (1614–1684), German composer, organist, and poet
- J.R. Hildebrand, American race car driver
- Josef Hildebrand (1895–unknown), Czech fencer
- Jürgen Hildebrand (born 1948), German former handball player
- Klaus Hildebrand (born 1941), German historian
- Lloyd Hildebrand (1870–1924), British racing cyclist
- Louis Hildebrand, French cyclist
- Madison Hildebrand (born 1980), American realtor and media personality
- Martín von Hildebrand (born 1943), American-Colombian ethnologist
- Nadine Hildebrand (born 1987), German track and field athlete
- Oral Hildebrand (1907–1977), American baseball player
- Palmer Hildebrand (1884–1960), American baseball player
- Peter E. Hildebrand, American agricultural economist
- Philipp Hildebrand (born 1963), Swiss banker
- Ray Hildebrand (born 1940), member of the American duo Paul & Paula
- Rudolf Hildebrand (1824–1894), German scholar
- Samuel F. Hildebrand (1883–1949), American ichthyologist
- Sara Hildebrand (born 1979), 2000 & 2004 U.S. Olympic platform diver
- Steve Hildebrand, U.S. Democratic political consultant
- Timo Hildebrand (born 1979), German football player
- Warren Hildebrand (born 1989), Canadian musician known as "Foxes in Fiction"
- Brianna Hildebrand (born 1996), American actress
Usage examples of "hildebrand".
Then their talk turned to minstrelsy, and the stranger knight drew forth a cittern, upon which he played the minne-lieder of the north, singing the while in a high cracked voice of Hildebrand and Brunhild and Siegfried, and all the strength and beauty of the land of Almain.
Walter had listened with a beating heart, now full of hope that he was to be Hildebrand to this Undine, now sick with the conviction that he was destined to fare no better than Sefton.
A North-sea pilot, Hildebrand yclept, A sturdy and a briny, once men knew.
If anything was urgently in need of reformation it was this, and it had its ardent reformer in Cardinal Hildebrand, the most skilful politician in the Vatican.
William and Lanfranc had made with Hildebrand and the Pope had been more successful than they could have foreseen.
He had been a close colleague of Hildebrand: they had battled together against a powerful heresy that denied Transsubstantiation.
He will, as usual, find some instruction in Le Clerc, (Vie de Hildebrand, Bibliot, ancienne et moderne, tom.
Several grave gentlemen were already set to scientific whist, but most were gathered round the hazard table, where Sir Hildebrand himself held the bank.
It would be hard to imagine how I could have done so during the time I have been in this inn, and as for the one night at Kimbolton, your granddaughter, General, passed as my ward, as Hildebrand has already told you.
Hildebrand, I do hope to goodness he doesn't still wish to inform against you?