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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

In 1773 Gleim published 'Poems after the Minnesingers,' and in 1779 'Poems after Walther von der Vogelweide.'

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Among the knights who competed were Klingsor of Hungary, a descendant of the Klingsor who figures in the “Parzival” legend, Tannh�user, Walther von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, and many others.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

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