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

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  • "Nibelung" poem, in order to prepare the public and put it in the proper mood.
  • As regards my "Nibelung" drama, you, my good, sympathetic friend, regard my future in too rosy a light.
  • Mental multivitamin: Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung"
  • There lay the hero of the Nibelung land in piteous guise.
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