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Definition of Brynhild
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.
Category relationships: Mythology, Norse Mythology, Teuton
Generic synonyms: Valkyrie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brynhild
Literary usage of Brynhild
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"THE HELL-RIDE OF brynhild ATTER the death of brynhild were made two bales, one
for Sigurd, and that was first burned; but brynhild was burned on the other, ..."
2. The Volsunga Saga by Sparling, Henry Halliday, Eiríkur Magnússon, Jessie Laidlay Weston, William Morris (1905)
"But her brother Gunnar was desirous of wedding the abandoned brynhild, so far
famed for beauty, strength and valour, and persuaded Sigurd to lend him his ..."
3. Epic and Saga: The Song of Roland; The Desstruction of Dá Derga's Hostel by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"And so folk say that brynhild drave in her chariot down along the way to Hell,
... brynhild " Nay, blame me naught, Bride of the rock-hall, Though I roved a ..."
4. Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by William Paton Ker (1908)
"This sententious close of the prologue introduces the main story, chiefly dramatic
in form, in which brynhild persuades Gunnar to plan the death of Sigurd, ..."
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