Brunhild

American  

[broon-hilt, -hild, broon-] / ˈbrʊn hɪlt, -hɪld, ˈbrun- /

Also Brunhilde

noun

1. a queen of Isenland and the bride of Gunther, for whom she was won by Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Scandinavian legends.

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Brunhild British  

/ brynˈhɪldə, -hɪlt, ˈbrʊnhɪld /

noun

1. (in the Nibelungenlied ) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology

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Example Sentences

“Schools and education administrations have never been confronted with such a challenge,” Brunhild Kurth, who heads the education authority, told Die Welt.

From The Guardian

The waitress was no Brunhild but a lean, dark-faced little thing, either a young and troubled girl or a very spry old woman, I couldn’t tell which.

From Literature

The saga materials of the heroic age, the stories of Helgi and Sigrun, of Sigurd and Brunhild, of Gudrun's grief and Attila's fury, had long been treasured by the Northern peoples.

From Project Gutenberg

It is however against this derivation,386 that, though Brunhild was a "Martial Maid" herself, her kingdom was not a kingdom of Amazons, like that of Radigund in the "Faerie Queene."

From Project Gutenberg

I still have the house of Guise to contend with, as Brunhild of old had the stewards of the palace on her hands.

From Project Gutenberg