Old Saxon
The Heliand () is an epic poem in Old Saxon, written in the first half of the 9th century. The title means "saviour" in Old Saxon (cf. German and Dutch "Heiland" meaning "saviour"), and the poem is a Biblical paraphrase that recounts the life of Jesus in the alliterative verse style of a Germanic epic. "Heliand" is the largest known work of written Old Saxon.