| 释义 |
‖ Minnesinger|ˈmɪnəsɪŋə(r)|
[Ger. (also minnesänger) f. minne love + -singer (also sänger) singer.]
One of the German lyrical poets and singers of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, so called because love was the chief theme of their songs. Hence ˈminnesinging vbl. n. (attrib.).
1825E. Taylor (title) Lays of the Minnesingers, or German Troubadours. Ibid. 199 The great fostering place of the Minnesinging art. 1829Scott Anne of G. iv, The foolery of minstrels and strolling minnesingers. 1871Longfellow in Life (1891) III. 176 Mr. Kroeger's Specimens of the Minnesingers, which I want him to publish.
transf.1845Longfellow Walter von der Vogelweid xi, Round the Gothic spire, Screamed the feathered Minnesingers. |