Brunhild
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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One little adventuress, known to her kin as Brunhild, escapes this seeming paradise, floating up under the umbrella-penumbra of a jellyfish.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The forging of the sword, the search for the princess Kremhild; the pact to trick Brunhild into marriage with Kremhild's brother; and the death of Siegfried are chief incidents.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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 "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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IX With that the smiling Kriemhild forth stepp'd a little space, And Brunhild and her meiny greeted with gentle grace.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
And do my other kinsmen to wit, both most and least, That I will hold with Brunhild a gorgeous marriage-feast.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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