Volsung
Americannoun
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a grandson of Odin and the father of Sigmund and Signy.
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any of his family.
noun
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a great hero of Norse and Germanic legend and poetry who gave his name to a race of warriors; father of Sigmund and Signy
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any member of his family
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Back in England Morris embarked on Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, a four-part Icelandic epic in long, swinging, rhyming couplets.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2010
Signy was the daughter of Volsung and the sister of Sigmund.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
And his foe made answer: "Sigurd am I called, of Volsung kin."
From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton
Odin himself, wrathful against the Volsung, offers Dag his invincible spear.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
An edition of Sigurd the Volsung, which Mr. Morris justly considered his masterpiece, was contemplated early in the history of the Kelmscott Press.
From The Art and Craft of Printing by William Morris
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