Sieg·fried (s g frd , s g-)n. The warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied and other Germanic medieval epics, whose story is essentially that of his Norse prototype Sigurd. [German, from Middle High German S  gfrit, from Old High German Sigifrith : sigu, victory; see segh- in Indo-European roots + fridu, peace; see pr- in Indo-European roots.] |
Siegfried [ˈsiːgfriːd (German) ˈziːkfriːt]
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(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) German myth a German prince, the son of Sigmund and husband of Kriemhild, who, in the Nibelungenlied, assumes possession of the treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it, wins Brunhild for King Gunther, and is eventually killed by Hagen Norse equivalent Sigurd
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| Noun | 1. |  Siegfried - (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpartmythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person Teuton - a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans |
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