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Definition of Brunnhilde

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brunnhilde

Literary usage of Brunnhilde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dusk of the Gods (Götterdämmerung).: Music Drama in Three Acts and a Prelude by Richard Wagner (1888)
"But one thing I wot full well — for me brunnhilde lives ; 'twas a lesson light to learn brunnhilde aye to worship ! brunnhilde. ..."

2. The Story of a Hundred Operas by Felix Mendelsohn (1915)
"The King promises him the maid if he, the King, can win brunnhilde. In order to deceive brunnhilde, Siegfried changes himself into the physical form of ..."

3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"But to brunnhilde the Ring is pledge of Siegfried's love, ... On seeing Siegfried, brunnhilde is so overcome with emotion as to faint in his arms. ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine (1876)
"The ring brunnhilde holds is the cause of the evil at present threatening Walhalla. ... brunnhilde vehemently refuses to part with Siegfried's gift for any ..."

5. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"Hagen, the king's bad brother, advises him to take brunnhilde, and to marry his sister off to Siegfried. Siegfried makes his appearance. ..."

6. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of Seventy Grand Operas with Three by Victor Talking Machine Company (1912)
"SCENE U-Thc Walküre', Rock The scene changes to the Valkyrie Rock again, where brunnhilde awaits Siegfried's return. She is astonished and alarmed when she ..."

7. Handbook of the Operas by Edith Bertha Ordway (1917)
"brunnhilde soars over Siegmund and protects him with her sword. ... Wotan starts up in wrath against brunnhilde, who has dared to have other will than his, ..."

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