Nibelungenlied
Noun
Meaning
an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings
Source: WordNetExamples
These high medieval heroic epics are written in rhymed strophes, not the alliterative verse of Germanic prehistory (for example, the Nibelungenlied ).
The Nibelungenlied main, whose author remains unknown, is also an important work of the epoch.