Nibelung

[ nee-buh-loong ]

noun

, Teutonic Legend.

, plural Ni·be·lungs, Ni·be·lung·en.

1. any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
2. the followers of Siegfried.

Nibelung

/ ˈniːbəˌlʊŋ /

noun

1. any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard stolen by Siegfried
2. one of Siegfried's companions or followers
3. (in the Nibelungenlied ) a member of the family of Gunther, king of Burgundy

Example Sentences

All round Worms, place-names connected with the Nibelung tale occur with remarkable (p. 035) frequency.

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"We will go to welcome the fleet," said Brunhild, and together they met the brave Nibelung army and lodged them in Isenland.

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The divine hero Siegfried, who first obtained it and thus became a Nibelung, left to his race the claim to the treasure.

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Sigurd took the cup out of the hands of the fair Nibelung maiden and he drank the potion.

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In 1876 the theatre was finished, and that colossal work, the Ring of the Nibelung, was brought forward and put upon the stage.

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