Grimhild

[ grim-hild ]

noun

(in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.

Origin of Grimhild

<Old Norse Grīmhildr, equivalent to grím(a) mask + hildr battle

Grimhild now counselled her son Gunnar to woo Brynhild, and consulted with Sigurd, in consequence of this design.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Brynhild said: "Let us not contend: I bear no good will to Grimhild."
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Weeping Grimhild caught the words, by which to her sons Gudrun foreboded evil, and to her kindred dire misfortunes.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
He bade me be endowed with ruddy gold, and in the south be given to Grimhild's son.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
For each of Gunnar's brothers she has a kindly word, as she has for Grimhild, too.
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature | Conrad Hjalmar Nordby

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