Definition of Ortnit. Meaning of Ortnit. Synonyms of Ortnit

- Ortnit is the eponymous protagonist of the Middle High German heroic epic Ortnit. First written down in strophic form in around 1230 by an anonymous author...
- is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit. He also features in the Old Norse collection of German legends called the...
- early as 1230 in the closing strophe of Ortnit A, is perpetuated by the inclusion of truncated versions of Ortnit and Wolfdietrich in Dietrichs Flucht among...
- emigration from Scandinavia Agilmund, son of Agio Laiamicho (Lamissio) Ortnit The Lethings were an early dynasty from the time of Lethuc. The last ruling...
- afterwards serves the hero. In Ortnit, Alberich seduces the Lombardy queen, spawning the hero Ortnit. The dwarf then aids Ortnit in his adventures after revealing...
- is closely ****ociated with another heroic epic poem of the same period, Ortnit. The two stories have distinct (if disputed) origins but they were combined...
- Ortnit is a dwarf of childlike-stature who turns out to be the real father of the titular hero, having raped his mother. The Alberich who aids Ortnit...
- from the Theodoric cycle, and the cycle of Hugdietrich, Wolfdietrich and Ortnit. The Heldenbuch texts are thus based on medieval German literature, but...
- by a dragon; Svend Grundtvig suggests that this character corresponds to Ortnit, rather than Sigurd. The Norwegian ballad of "Sigurd Svein" (NMB 177, TSB...
- a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an...