Brunhild
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Straight will I hence to sea, And seek the fiery Brunhild howe'er it go with me.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
That would I fain dissuade you," Sir Siegfried made reply, "Whoe'er would woo fair Brunhild, plays a stake too high; So cruel is her custom, and she so fierce a foe.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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