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Minʹneʹsingers

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Minstrels. The earliest lyric poets of Germany were so called, because the subject of their lyrics was minne-sang (love-ditty). These poets lived in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Minden Boys
Minerva (in Greek, Athenē)
Minerva
Minerva Press (The)
Miniature
Minie Rifle
Minims (Latin, Fratres Minimi, least of the brethren)
Minister
Minna Troil
Minnehaha [Laughing-water]
Minnesingers
Minories
Minos
Minotaur [Minos-bull]
Minotti
Minstrel
Mint
Minuit
Minute
Minute Gun
Miolnier

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Minnesingers