Volsung
Americannoun
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a grandson of Odin and the father of Sigmund and Signy.
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any of his family.
noun
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a great hero of Norse and Germanic legend and poetry who gave his name to a race of warriors; father of Sigmund and Signy
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any member of his family
Example Sentences
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Back in England Morris embarked on Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, a four-part Icelandic epic in long, swinging, rhyming couplets.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010
Signy was the daughter of Volsung and the sister of Sigmund.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Signy leaves the home of her father Volsung and her brother Sigmund to wed King Siggeir.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Indeed, a caller, not famed for tact, after surveying our Volsung for some time in silence, dropped the cryptic remark: "How much a dog comes to look like the family!"
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
Volsungs, vol′sungz, n.pl. a famous heroic race in old German legend, its founder Volsung or Wolsung, the grandson of Odin, and its brightest ornament Volsung's son, Siegmund.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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