Brynhild

American

[brin-hild] / ˈbrɪn hɪld /

noun

Scandinavian Legend.

a Valkyrie and the wife of Gunnar, for whom she was won by Sigurd: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied.

Brynhild British

/ ˈbrɪnhɪld /

noun

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

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Brynhild goes with him to the Giukungs, where Sigurd takes his own shape again, but without Brynhild’s knowledge.

From Literature

Friday in the Brynhild Haugland Room at the state Capitol in Bismarck.

From Seattle Times

Young sees the serpent as natural to his neighborhood, which also includes the Norse references Walhalla, Gudrun and Brynhild roads, but he was actually inspired by a landscape about 100 miles away.

From Washington Times

After that, Brynhild turned sword upon herself and she was burned with Sigurd.

From Project Gutenberg

The greatest of them all, the story of Sigurd and Brynhild, has come down from an older world.

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