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BRUNNHILDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicideplay

Synonyms:

Brunhild; Brunnhilde; Brynhild

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Valkyrie ((Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla)

Domain category:

mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)

Teuton (a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans)

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