Brunhilde

See also: Brünhilde

English

Proper noun

Brunhilde

  1. A female given name from German.

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German Briunhilde, from Old High German *Brunnīhilta, from Proto-Germanic *Brunjōhildiz, from *brunjǭ (“breastplate”) + *hildiz (“battle, fight”).

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Proper noun

Brunhilde

  1. (Germanic mythology) A shieldmaiden and valkyrie in Germanic mythology, a main character in the Nibelungenlied, Völsunga saga, and some poems of the Poetic Edda.
  2. a female given name from Middle High German
    1. (historical) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia, wife of Sigebert I, who later ruled Austrasia and Burgundy as regent.

See also

Norman

Proper noun

Brunhilde f

  1. (continental) a female given name from the Germanic languages
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