Grimhild

[ grim-hild ]

noun

1. (in the Volsunga Saga ) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Grimhild¹

< Old Norse Grīmhildr, equivalent to grím ( a ) mask + hildr battle

Example Sentences

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

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Brynhild said: "Let us not contend: I bear no good will to Grimhild."

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Weeping Grimhild caught the words, by which to her sons Gudrun foreboded evil, and to her kindred dire misfortunes.

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He bade me be endowed with ruddy gold, and in the south be given to Grimhild's son.

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For each of Gunnar's brothers she has a kindly word, as she has for Grimhild, too.

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