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Walther von der Vogelweide

American  
[vahl-ter fawn der foh-guhl-vahy-duh] / ˈvɑl tər fɔn dər ˈfoʊ gəlˌvaɪ də /

noun

  1. c1170–c1230, German minnesinger and poet.


Walther von der Vogelweide British  
/ ˈvaltər fɔn der ˈfoːɡəlvaidə /

noun

  1. ?1170–?1230, German minnesinger, noted for his lyric verse on political and moral themes

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Michael Nagy was convincing as Wolfram von Eschenbach, as were Lothar Odinius as Walther von der Vogelweide and Thomas Jesatko as Biterolf.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2011

As early as Walther von der Vogelweide, it was known that the honourable man respects a word more than a blow.

From The Education of the Child by Key, Ellen

The venerable Walther von der Vogelweide again opens the festival of song.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

These gnomic writings, running into a developed didacticism, are illustrated by the song of Walther von der Vogelweide on the restraint of eye, ear, and tongue.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

This author has written a volume of poems, two tragedies, and two treatises on Walther von der Vogelweide, and on the French troubadours.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

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