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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

You must remember what swore to me your hand, That, soon as Lady Brunhild were come into this land, To me you'd give your sister; your oaths now where are they?

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

They told the tale to Brunhild; it fretted sore the queen.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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