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Nibelung
[ nee-buh-loong ]
noun
- any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
- the followers of Siegfried.
Nibelung
/ ˈniːbəˌlʊŋ /
noun
- any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard stolen by Siegfried
- one of Siegfried's companions or followers
- (in the Nibelungenlied ) a member of the family of Gunther, king of Burgundy
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All round Worms, place-names connected with the Nibelung tale occur with remarkable (p. 035) frequency.
"We will go to welcome the fleet," said Brunhild, and together they met the brave Nibelung army and lodged them in Isenland.
The divine hero Siegfried, who first obtained it and thus became a Nibelung, left to his race the claim to the treasure.
Sigurd took the cup out of the hands of the fair Nibelung maiden and he drank the potion.
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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