Nibelung

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nibelungs \Ni"be*lungs\, n. pl.; sing. {Nibelung}.
     In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of
     dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the
     famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian
     kings in the Nibelungenlied.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nibelung
       n 1: (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried
       2: (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a
          treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried