Nibelungs

Variant of Nibelung

Nibelung definition

Ni·be·lung (nē′bə lo̵oŋ′)

noun pl. Nibelungs -·lungs′, Nibelungen -·lung′en (-ən)

  1. Gmc. Legend
    1. any of a race of dwarfs who owned a magic ring and a hoard of gold, which Siegfried took from them
    2. any of Siegfried's followers
  2. in the Nibelungenlied, any of the Burgundian kings

Etymology: Ger

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