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Swemmel appears mostly in the diminutive form "Swemmelin". "Heimburg" lies on the Danube near the Hungarian border. "Misenburg" is the modern Wieselburg on the Danube, twenty-one miles southeast of Pressburg.
At mighty Misenburg they boarded ship. The water which men saw flowing there was covered with steeds and men, as if it were solid earth. The wayworn ladies had their ease and rest. Many good ships were lashed together, that neither waves nor flood might do them harm. Upon them many a goodly tent was spread, as if they still had both land and plain.
Many a shield was pierced in knightly encounter by the spears which the heroes bare in their hands. So Etzel returned to the land of the Huns rejoicing. They stayed the night at ancient Haimburg. None could number the host, nor tell how many strong they rode through the land. Ha! what beautiful women they found waiting them in their home! At Misenburg, the wealthy city, they went aboard ships.
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