Associations to the word «Brunhild»

Wiktionary

BRUNHILD, proper noun. (Norse mythology) A shieldmaiden and valkyrie in Germanic mythology, a main character in the Völsunga saga and some poems of the Poetic Edda.
BRUNHILD, proper noun. A female given name
BRUNHILD, proper noun. (historical) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia, wife of Sigebert I, who later ruled Austrasia and Burgundy as regent.
BRUNHILD, proper noun. (astronomy) 123 Brunhild, a main belt asteroid, named after the mythological figure.

Dictionary definition

BRUNHILD, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats