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Brynhild

[ brin-hild ]

noun

, Scandinavian Legend.
  1. a Valkyrie and the wife of Gunnar, for whom she was won by Sigurd: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied.


Brynhild

/ ˈbrɪnhɪld /

noun

  1. Norse myth a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

To Gudrun, who wakes from sleep by his side, he points to Brynhild as the instigator of the crime, and dies.

Brynhild said: "This seat will be allowed to few, unless my father comes."

He took it and drank, and with that drink forgot both his love and his vows to Brynhild.

Brynhild had vowed to wed that man only who should ride over the blazing fire that was laid around her hall.

Grimhild now counselled her son Gunnar to woo Brynhild, and consulted with Sigurd, in consequence of this design.

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