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Definition: Siegfried |
SiegfriedNoun1. (Teutonic 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 counterpart. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Siegfried" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a victory", "peace". |
Date "Siegfried" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Literature | Siegfried (2 syl.). Hero of the first part of the Nibelungen-Lied. He was the youngest son of Siegmund and Sieglind, king and queen of the Netherlands, and was born in Rhinecastle called Xanton. He married Kriemhild, Princess of Burgundy, and sister of Gnther. Gnther craved his assistance in carrying off Brunhild from Issland, and Siegfried succeeded by taking away her talisman by main force. This excited the jealousy of Gnther, who induced Hagan, the Dane, to murder Siegfried. Hagan struck him with a sword in the only vulnerable part (between the shoulder-blades), while he stooped to quench his thirst at a fountain. (Nibelungen-Lied.) Horny Siegfried. So called because when he slew the dragon he bathed in its blood, and became covered all over with a horny hide which was invulnerable, except in one spot between the shoulders, where a linden-leaf stuck. (Nibelungen-Lied, st. 100.) Siegfried's cloak of invisibility, called "tarnkappe" (tarnen, to conceal; kappe, a cloak). It not only made the wearer invisible, but also gave him the strength of twelve men. (Tarnkappe, 2 syl.) "The mighty dwarf successless strove with the mightier man; Like to wild mountain lions to the hollow hill they ran; He ravished there the tarnkappe from struggling Albric's hold, And then became the master of the hoarded gems and gold." Lettsom: Fall of the Nibelungers, Lied iii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Mime, Alberich's brother, is forging a blade in his cave within the forest. The Nibelung is plotting to obtain the Ring for himself, having raised Siegfried to kill Fafnir for him. He needs a sword for Siegfried to use, but the youth has broken every blade he has made. Siegfried returns from his wanderings in the forest, demanding to know his parentage, and Mime is forced to explain how he took in Siegfried's mother, Sieglinde, who died giving birth. He shows Siegfried the shards of Nothung, and Siegfried orders him to reforge the sword.
Siegfried departs, leaving Mime in despair: it is beyond his skill to repair Nothung. An old man (Wotan in disguise) abruptly appears at his door. The Wanderer wages his head on answering any three riddles from Mime, and Mime agrees in order to dispose of his unwelcome guest. He asks the Wanderer to name the races that live beneath the ground, on the surface, and the skies. These are the Nibelung, the Giants, and the Gods, as the Wanderer correctly answers. Now Mime is forced to wager his own head on answering the Wanderer's riddles. The Wanderer asks
him to name the race most beloved of Wotan, but most harshly treated; the name of the blade that can destroy Fafnir; and the person who can make the blade. Mime gives the answer to the first two riddles: the Wälsungs and Nothung. However, he is unable to answer the last riddle. Wotan spares Mime, telling him that only "he who does not know fear" can reforge Nothung, and leaves Mime's head forfeit to that person.
Siegfried returns and is annoyed by Mime's lack of progress. Mime realizes that the one thing he has not taught Siegfried is fear. Siegfried is eager to learn it, and Mime promises to teach him by bringing him to Fafnir the dragon. Since Mime was unable to forge Nothung, Siegfried decides to do it himself. He succeeds by shredding the metal, melting it, and casting it anew. In the meantime, Mime brews a poisoned drink to offer Siegfried after the youth has defeated the dragon.Act I
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Siegfried (opera)."
Crosswords: Siegfried |
| English words defined with "Siegfried": Brunhild, Brunnhilde, Brynhild ♦ Nibelung, Nibelungenlied ♦ Siegfried line, Sigurd. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Siegfried": Drachenfels, Dwarf Alberich ♦ Genovefa ♦ Hagan of Trony ♦ Mouse Tower ♦ Sieglind, Sword-makers ♦ Wishing-rod, Worms. (references) |
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Screenplays | We own you like Siegfried owns Roy. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Dies schenkt euch Siegfried, den Hagen erschlug! (Nibelungen, Teil 2: Kriemhilds Rache, Die; writing credit: Harald G. Petersson ; Harald Reinl) Aha, Siegfried and Roy. (3rd Rock from the Sun; writing credit: Leslie Danon; Austin Reid) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Siegfried und das sagenhafte Liebesleben der Nibelungen (1971) A Chegada a Lisboa de Siegfried Arno (1933) Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) Siegfried (1990) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Siegfried. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. soldiers resting among ruins of building, with soldier lying on plank in foreground, on the Siegfried Line, Rhone Valley, German Front. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The birdcall from Siegfried whistled softly followed them from the steps of the porch. |
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| "Siegfried" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.15% of the time. "Siegfried" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.15% | 99 | 32,870 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.3% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 5.74% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 0.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Siegfried" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Siegfried | Last name | 1,000 | 9,283 |
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| "Siegfried" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a victory", "peace". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Siegfried." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Siegfried | Male | German | N/A |
| Sigi | Male, Female | German | Siegfried |
| Sigfrid | Male | Swedish | Siegfried |
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| Switzerland | Siegfried AG |
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Expression using "Siegfried": Siegfried line. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Siegfried"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | Зигфрид. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-g-i-i-r-s" | |
-1 letter: deifiers, edifiers, fireside. | |
-2 letters: defiers, deifier, deifies, edifier, edifies, fridges, reified, reifies, sedgier, serifed. | |
-3 letters: defers, defier, defies, desire, dirges, edgers, edgier, eiders, feirie, fidges, fridge, frigid, frisee, greeds, grides, griefs, irides, irised, reside, ridges, sieged. | |
-4 letters: deers, defer, defis, dirge, drees, dregs, dries, edger, edges, egers, eider, feeds, feres, fidge, fired, fires, freed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-g-i-i-r-s" | |
+2 letters: debriefings. | |
+3 letters: frigidnesses, presignified. | |
+4 letters: disfigurement. | |
+5 letters: bourgeoisified, disfigurements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 65 67 66 72 69 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. . --. ..-. .-. .. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01100101 01100111 01100110 01110010 01101001 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i e g f r i e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0065 0067 0066 0072 0069 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537571737284757170 |
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Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | русский |
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