Nibelung

English

noun
Definitions
  • (Germanic) A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.

Etymology

Derived from German Nibelung derived from Old High German nibel (mist) derived from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (mist, cloud).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*nebulaz

Gloss

mist, cloud

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

霞, 霧

Emoji
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