BER-TAN'GA LAND. Same as Britain, 123. BER'THA. I. Mother of Charlemagne, 129. BER'THA. II. Sister of Charlemagne and mother of Roland, 133. BERTHE'LOT. Same as Charlot, 155. BER'WICK. See _Joyeuse Garde_. BI'BUNG. Dwarf protector of Virginal, 133. BJÖRN. I. Confidant of Frithiof, 254; plays chess with Frithiof, 255; steers Ellida, 259; carries men ashore, 259; takes charge of Ellida, 264. BJÖRN. II. Son of Ragnar, 274. BLAISE. A holy man who baptizes Merlin, 206. BLAIVE. Roland buried at, 147; Lady Aude buried at, 149. BLANCHE'FLEUR. Wife of Meliadus and mother of Tristan, 235. BLÖ'DE-LIN. Kriemhild bribes, 80. BOC-CAC'CIO. Makes use of story of Griseldis, 302. BO'GEN. Son of Hildburg. 103. BO'HORT. Cousin of Lancelot, 219. BO-IAR'DO. Writer of a version of the adventures of Roland, 130, 302; love of the marvelous shown in works of, 307. BOl-FRI-AN'A. Captivity of, 116; Dietrich rescues, 117; Wittich marries, 122. BOOK OF HEROES. Same as "Heldenbuch," 86; Dietrich principal character in, 110. BOR-DEAUX'. Huon in captivity in, 180. BORN'HOLM. Viking born in, 247. BOUILLON (boo-yon'). Godfrey of, 139. BRA-BANT'. Else, Duchess of, 202. BRANG'WAINE. Attendant of Iseult, 240; confidante of Iseult, 242; Ganhardin falls in love with image of, 244. BREI'SACH. Harlungs dwell at, 123. BRE'KA. Enters into swimming match with Beowulf, 12. BRET'LAND. Soté buried in, 251. BRI-SIN'GA-MEN. Necklace given to Beowulf, 15. BRIT'AIN. Same as Bertanga land, 123; Uther and Pendragon's wars in, 208; Holy Grail vanishes from, 208; named by Brutus, 309; invaded by Romans, 309. BRITISH MUSEUM. Manuscripts in, 9. BRIT'ONS. War of, 208. BRIT'TA-NY. Soltane, forest in, 188; Broceliande in, 212; Arthur's campaign in, 217; Ban king of, 219; Lancelot retires to, 230; Arthur's second campaign in, 230; Tristan goes to, 243; Tristan returns to, 244. BRO-CE-LI-AN'DE. Forest in Brittany, 212. BRONS. Brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea, 184. BROWN. Sent to summon Reynard, 39; arrives at Malepartus, 39; caught in tree trunk, 40; returns to court, 41; injuries of, 43; imprisonment of, 46; release of, 47. BRUN'HILD. Gunther wishes to marry, 58; test of strength of, 60; defeat of, 60; leaves her own country, 62; objects to Kriemhild's marriage, 62; binds Gunther, 63; is conquered by Siegfried, and loses fabulous strength, 63; invites Siegfried and Kriemhild to Worms, 64; quarrels with Kriemhild, 64; in care of Rumolt, 75; son of made king of Burgundy, 85; Aslaug daughter of, 274. BRU'TE. See _Brutus_. BRU'TUS. Metrical romance of, 307; descendant of Aeneas, 307; adventures of, 307-309; descendants of, 309. BU'CAR. Besieges Valencia, 298; retreat of, 299. BUCH-AN'AN. Poem of on Roland, 130. BUR'GOS. Cid born at, 282; Ximena at, 284; inhabitants weep at Cid's departure from, 293. BUR-GUN'DI-ANS. Siegfried challenges, 56; Nibelungs support king of, 61; Nibelungs angry with, 69;