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| | MSN Encarta - Grimm Brothers |
 | | Grimm Brothers, two 19th-century German scholars and brothers, who were leaders in the study of philology and folklore. |
 | | Jacob was primarily a scientific philologist, having become interested at the university in medieval literature and the scientific investigation of language. |
 | | Some of Wilhelm Grimm's works, which include editions and critical discussions of medieval German literature and folklore, are Altdänische Heldenlieder (Old Danish Hero-Songs, 1811), Die deutschen Heldensage (The German Heroic Legends, 1829), Ruolandslied (The Song of Roland, 1838), and Altdeutsche Gespräche (Old German Speech, 1851). |
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