nibelung

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried
noun (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried

In Germany Bodmer published, in 1753, the first edition of the old German epic, the Nibelungen Lied. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
The hydra of the Romancero and some other hybrid forms, the Vedas and the Nibelungen bristle further on. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
TALE 4 The Cat's-eye Toad, a Child of Maka Ina When you were little, O Guide! didn't you delight in the tales of gnomes or nibelungen, those strange underground creatures that lived hidden from the light, and busied themselves with precious stones and metals? — Woodland Tales, Ernest Thompson Seton

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