Grimhild

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[grim-hild] / ˈgrɪm hɪld /

noun

1. (in theVolsunga 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.

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Etymology

Origin of Grimhild

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

Example Sentences

Sigurd rode thence and came to the King who is named Gjuki; his wife is named Grimhild; their children were Gunnar, H�gni, Gudrun, Gudny; Gotthorm was a step-son of Gjuki.

From Project Gutenberg

From Brynhild's rock Sigurd journeys to a realm "south of the Rhine" where dwell the kingly brothers, Gunnar, Hogni, and Guttorm, the Niblungs, together with their sister Gudrun, "the fairest of maidens", and their mother Grimhild, "a wise wife" and a fierce-hearted woman, as the Volsunga Saga alternately describes her.

From Project Gutenberg

But Grimhild was a witch-wife—a fierce-hearted woman, learned in magic and filled with crafty wile.

From Project Gutenberg

During this time Brunhild was always in his memory, and he talked so often of her that at length the evil heart of Grimhild, the queen, was roused to jealousy.

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It was the proud Dame Grimhild    Prepares the mead and beer, And unto her the valiant knights    She bids from far and near.

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