See Nothung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1876, Richard Wagner, “Siegried”, in Der Ring des Nibelungen, act I, scene iii:",
"text": "Nothung! Nothung! so nenn' ich dich Schwert / neidlicher Stahl! / Zeig’ deiner Schärfe / schneidenden Zahn",
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