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

Example Sentences

Sigurd, on his way to Brynhild the first time, meets a wise man and asks him what his fate shall be,

From Literature

Friday in the Brynhild Haugland Room at the state Capitol in Bismarck.

From Seattle Times

Young sees the serpent as natural to his neighborhood, which also includes the Norse references Walhalla, Gudrun and Brynhild roads, but he was actually inspired by a landscape about 100 miles away.

From Washington Times

Sigurd then leaped upon his horse and rode to his companions; Gunnar and he again changed their shapes and they went back to Gjuki with Brynhild.

From Project Gutenberg

The greatest of them all, the story of Sigurd and Brynhild, has come down from an older world.

From Project Gutenberg