Grimhild

[ grim-hild ]

/ ˈgrɪm hɪld /

noun

(in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.

Origin of Grimhild

< Old Norse Grīmhildr, equivalent to grím(a) mask + hildr battle

Example sentences from the Web for grimhild

Grimhild says, "So it is shapen that thou must have this king and none else."

The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) |Anonymous
Gutrune is the Gudrun of the saga, the daughter of Grimhild, who employs magic to win Siegfried for her child's spouse.

Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas |W. J. Henderson
But neither Sigurd nor the maiden Gudrun knew of Grimhild's resolve.

The Children of Odin |Padraic Colum
Bjarne had married late in life, and his marriage had brought him two daughters, Brita and Grimhild.

Tales From Two Hemispheres |Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen

He bade me be endowed with ruddy gold, and in the south be given to Grimhild's son.

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson |Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

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Grimhild

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