Alberich

[ahl-buh r-ikh]

noun Teutonic Legend.

a king of the dwarfs, the possessor of the tarnkappe and of the treasure of the Nibelungs.

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Alberich was the most hideous of all the black, ugly little Nibelungs.
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Before Alberich stole the gold, the Nibelungs often sang as they worked.
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But now Alberich had made the ring of gold which bound them to do his will.
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Mimi had to make it just as Alberich said, but Mimi did not know how it was to be used.
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While Alberich boasted, he was planning how he might trick the dwarf and take his gold.
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British Dictionary definitions for alberich

Alberich

noun

(in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs

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