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
Example Sentences
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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
The chief actors in the old Norse Volsung lays are not Norsemen, but Sigurd the Frank, Gunnar the Burgundian, Atli the Hun.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
On summer vacations our Volsung sometimes went up into New Hampshire with one or both of us.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates
A son shall be born to thee who shall be mightier than I. Our boy shall be the noblest and most famed of all the Volsung race.
From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton
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