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Brunnhilde   /brˈənhɪld/   Listen
Brunnhilde

noun
1.
A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide.  Synonyms: Brunhild, Brynhild.






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"Brunnhilde" Quotes from Famous Books



... was never killed by misadventures. The very next day she climbed Ben Grief and lighted a ring of fire round his wrinkled brow by carrying up loads of dried heather and grass through which she fought her way to the rescue of a dream Brunnhilde, sleeping within the fire. She reached home that night with scorched clothes and hair, and smoke-smarting eyes. But such mishaps were only part of the adventure, as inevitable as storms in winter and wounds in battle. These dreams were in the days before her father's ...
— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles



Words linked to "Brunnhilde" :   Norse mythology, mythology, Brunhild, Teuton, Valkyrie



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