MINNESINGERS
\mˈɪnɪsˌɪŋəz], \mˈɪnɪsˌɪŋəz], \m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_ŋ_ə_z]\
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Love-singers, the earliest school of German poets, who imitated the Provencal troubadours. Their verses are written in the old Swabian dialect. Among their works is the great national epic, called the Nibelungenlied, and the lays of the Heldenbuch, or book of heroes.
By Henry Percy Smith
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].