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Brynhild

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. Synonyms: Brunhild, Brunnhilde.

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... than the gladness of laughter thy voice hath amidst of its wail: More hope than of pleasure fulfilled amidst of thy blindness is set; More glorious than gaining of all thine unfaltering hand that shall fail: For what is the mark on thy brow but the brand that thy Brynhild doth bear? Lone once, and loved and undone by a love that ...

— Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough • William Morris

Words linked to "Brynhild" : Valkyrie, mythology, Norse mythology, Teuton