Definition of Nibelung

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Ni·be·lung

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NOUN:
Mythology

Any of a race of subterranean dwarfs whose hoard of riches and magic ring were taken from them by Siegfried.
A follower of Siegfried.
One of the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.

ETYMOLOGY:
German, from Middle High German Nibelunc, from Old High German Nibulunc, Nibilung

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