Volsung

American  

[vol-soong] / ˈvɒl sʊŋ /

noun

1. a grandson of Odin and the father of Sigmund and Signy.

2. any of his family.

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Volsung British  

/ ˈvɒlsʊŋ /

noun

1. a great hero of Norse and Germanic legend and poetry who gave his name to a race of warriors; father of Sigmund and Signy

2. any member of his family

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Example Sentences

Kaufmann brought to Don Alvaro the lonely longing of the outcast Volsung Siegmund, from Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” recognizable here in the guise of Verdi’s Incan wanderer, far from Peru, denounced as a savage in Europe, searching far and wide for the woman who loves him but will always be forbidden to him.

From The New Yorker

Hagen, the leader of the underworld Gibichung clan that is at war with the gods and the Volsung race of heroes, was played by South Korean bass baritone Attila Jun sporting a Mohawk haircut as a nightclub-style bouncer who stopped in periodically at a voodoo shrine behind a metal gate to spit on images of his enemies.

From Reuters

Volsungs, vol′sungz, n.pl. a famous heroic race in old German legend, its founder Volsung or Wolsung, the grandson of Odin, and its brightest ornament Volsung's son, Siegmund.

From Project Gutenberg

The great example of this common right in heroes is Sigfred, Sigurd the Volsung, Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.

From Project Gutenberg

These have come down to us in the legends of India and Israel, China, Greece, and our own Nordic ancestors which perpetually play about the fabulous treasure—the Golden Fleece, the land of milk and honey, the Volsung's miraculous hoard—pathetic symbols of plenty, liberation, and the possibility of brotherhood.

From Project Gutenberg