Minneliedn.
/ˈmɪnᵻliːd/, U.S. /ˈminəˌlid/ A love song written by, or in the style of, a medieval minnesinger.
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1814 H. Weber et al. Illustr. Northern Antiquities 12 There are several manuscript collections of the ‘Minnelieder’, (lays of love,) in different libraries.
1867 C. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. June 803/2 Some of the old German Minnelieder seem actually copied from the songs of birds.
1871 Catholic World May 240/2 In the course of time, these unwritten Minnelieder were..gathered together by the noble knight, Ruediger von Manasse.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 90/1 The first lyrical writer of Holland was John I...who practised the minnelied with success.
1952 Monumenta Nipponica 8 400 The resemblance to the well-known Minnelied by Herr Walther von der Vogelweide is very striking indeed.
1980 Early Music 8 265/1 A programming policy which places a drinking song of the 16th century next to a Ballade of the 13th, or a Minnelied between ephemera by Praetorius and Susato.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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