Siegfried

[ sig-freed, seeg-; German zeek-freet ]

noun

1. (in the Nibelungenlied ) the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde and the husband of Kriemhild. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs, wins Brünnhilde for Gunther, and is finally killed by Hagen at the behest of Brünnhilde, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga. Compare Brünnhilde.
2. (italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung.
3. a male given name.

Siegfried

/ ˈziːkfriːt; ˈsiːɡfriːd /

noun

1. German myth a German prince, the son of Sigmund and husband of Kriemhild, who, in the Nibelungenlied, assumes possession of the treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it, wins Brunhild for King Gunther, and is eventually killed by Hagen Norse equivalentSigurd

Example Sentences

Waiting for their new venue to be completed, Siegfried & Roy performed in Japan for almost a year, then sold out 32 shows in four weeks at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

From Washington Post

She has co-authored the autobiographies of Slim Keith, Swifty Lazar, and Siegfried and Roy, among others.

From The Daily Beast

Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.

From Project Gutenberg

Pat liked the song from Werther, but the Siegfried record was his favorite, with Gounod a close second.

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The ghosts of the dead and male and female demons were birds, like the birds of Fate which sang to Siegfried.

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I know of nothing like it save the forest music in Siegfried.

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If he was Siegfried the gay, she was Chriemhild the grim; and as likely to prove a firebrand as the girl in the ballad.

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