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

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

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

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

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

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

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