Nibelung
Americannoun
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any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
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the followers of Siegfried.
noun
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any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard stolen by Siegfried
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one of Siegfried's companions or followers
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(in the Nibelungenlied ) a member of the family of Gunther, king of Burgundy
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“Exploring nature. Enjoying home!” gushes one Facebook post above a photo of a musclebound guy on a mountaintop wearing Resistend-branded sportswear, one of the Nibelung tournament’s sponsors.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
Words, concepts and images that pervade his work have become commonplace signifiers in contemporary discourse: Valhalla, Liebestod, Valkyrie, Gesamtkunstwerk, Flying Dutchman, Nibelung, Brünnhilde, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried, Leitmotiv, endless melody, to name just a few.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2020
For hours on end, artists come and go from stage left or right; sometimes they enter through a small door or stand in a trough which makes even a god look like a little Nibelung.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 31, 2012
The four-part "Ring of the Nibelung" is part of a campaign by the Met to tap contemporary filmmakers and theater directors to stage new operas or overhaul classics to become more relevant to modern tastes.
From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2010
Nemesis now passes from Siegfried the Nibelung to the Burgundian Nibelungs.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
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