(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Nov 15 2005 at 9:08:43

Ni"be*lung`en*lied` (?), n. [G. See Nibelungs; Lied.]

A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times.

 

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