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Brunhild
[ broon-hilt, -hild, broon- ]
noun
- a queen of Isenland and the bride of Gunther, for whom she was won by Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Scandinavian legends.
Brunhild
/ brynˈhɪldə; -hɪlt; ˈbrʊnhɪld /
noun
- (in the Nibelungenlied ) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
Example Sentences
“Schools and education administrations have never been confronted with such a challenge,†Brunhild Kurth, who heads the education authority, told Die Welt.
The waitress was no Brunhild but a lean, dark-faced little thing, either a young and troubled girl or a very spry old woman, I couldn’t tell which.
The saga materials of the heroic age, the stories of Helgi and Sigrun, of Sigurd and Brunhild, of Gudrun's grief and Attila's fury, had long been treasured by the Northern peoples.
Forthwith he summon'd them Those by whom his message to Siegfried's land he sent, Brunhild sumptuous vesture gave them to their full content.
As Brunhild slew Siegfried so would the Desert inevitably slay one who remained her lover after desire had outlasted strength.
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