Ni·be·lung·en·lied (n??b?-lo?ong??n-l?d?)n. A Middle High German epic poem written in the early 1200s and based on the legends of Siegfried and of the Burgundian kings.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Nibelungenlied (?ni?b?l???nli?t) n (Poetry) a medieval High German heroic epic of unknown authorship based on German history and legend and written about 1200[literally: song of the Nibelungs]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ni?be?lung?en?lied (?ni b??l?? ?n?lit) n. a Middle High German epic of c1200, telling of the wooing of Brunhild by the hero Siegfried on behalf of Gunther, the marriage of Siegfried and Kriemhild, the murder of Siegfried by Hagen, and Kriemhild’s subsequent revenge. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.